RETIREMENT INCOME REVIEW

Financial planning

Financial advice can start with one piece and that can build to full advice later as the advice framework fails to lure Australians into receiving full advice, according ...

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Financial planning

Australian retirees who are amongst those most needing professional financial advice are at risk of missing out because of the structural imbalances occurring as a result...

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Financial planning

At the same time as it seeks to reshape and rebuild its advice business, AMP Limited has called on a Government panel to consider changes which would make it easier to ac...

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Life/Risk

Those who seek their own coverage cannot assume they will end up with a product in their best interests, according to a law firm....

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Financial planning

The deduction of financial advice from member’s superannuation accounts is reasonable, according to actuarial research house, Rice Warner....

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Superannuation

Mercer has called for a universal Age Pension as it would create a simpler, more efficient super system with reduced administration costs....

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Superannuation

The complexity of the superannuation system is a barrier to modernising legacy products, according to the Financial Services Council....

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds have identified the manner which Government policy changes and increased regulation is pushing the cost of advice beyond the means of many low-income...

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Superannuation

Getting rid of the complexities of the superannuation system will allow financial advisers to focus on helping individuals understand what retirement means for them rathe...

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Financial planning

The benefits of comprehensive financial advice significantly outweigh those delivered by intra-fund advice and this should be recognised within the Retirement Income Syst...

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Financial planning

Portfolio, financial, and emotional outcomes as a result of financial advice needs to be assessed in the Retirement Income Review, according to Vanguard....

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Superannuation

While the superannuation system is not designed to discriminate against women, it exacerbates the inequality, according to KPMG....

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Superannuation

The Retirement Income Review should not neglect looking at the retirement phase and needs to encourage governments to remove super policy from the budget policy cycle, th...

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Superannuation

Australians should be more incentivised to be able to use their home equity in order to improve their retirement funding as the current system does not support their reti...

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Superannuation

New Australian National University modelling around the superannuation guarantee has raised serious questions about its equity, particularly with respect to low income ea...

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