RETIREMENT INCOME

Financial planning

Putting equity from the family home could help retirees fund expenses, improve their income, and provide support to their families, a new retirement funding provider has ...

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Financial planning

Despite many everyday expenses rising at the end of last year, such as medical services, postage, and meat, the cost of living for retirees only rose slightly for the Dec...

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Superannuation

Defined contribution assets in pension markets have overtaken defined benefit assets for the first time in what could be construed as a vote of confidence in Australia’s ...

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Superannuation

Five years on from the introduction of the MySuper default arrangements, Frontier Advisors has warned that adopting a lifecycle strategy can come at the cost a lower bala...

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Policy & Regulation

Nearly 90 per cent of investors responding to a survey believe the Federal Opposition’s proposed removal of refundable franking credits will reduce their quality of life....

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Superannuation

The Grattan Institute’s recommendation that more rental housing assistance be provided is not enough to combat the housing strain faced by retirees, the Australian Instit...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has moved to eliminate mistakes and oversights from its retirement income covenant at the same time as extending the deadline for funds introducing...

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos investigates how much income is really needed for retirement and what strategies can be used before and after retirement to ensure income is sustain...

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Superannuation

Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reconfirmed that there is still a “significant disparity” between retirement incomes for men and wo...

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Superannuation

Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision not to proceed with increasing the Age Pension access age to 70 as “a big win for older Austral...

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People & Products

Challenger and HUB24 have announced that the former’s annuities should be available to advisers and clients on the platform by the 2019 financial year....

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Funds management

Plato Investment Management has started an online petition to maintain Australia’s dividend imputation system, warning that proposed changes will discriminate against sel...

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Superannuation

While strongly supportive of the Government’s proposals overall, robo-adviser SuperEd has expressed some strong reservations about Treasury’s Retirement Income Covenant....

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Features

As Australians continue to live longer, the need for aged care continues to grow. Hannah Wootton looks at what advice financial planners can offer clients on aged care, w...

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