RETIREMENT INCOME

Superannuation

Qantas Super’s newly launched Retirement Confidence Index has reinforced that Australians largely do not feel confident about their ability to retire comfortably....

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Tools & guides

As rules surrounding superannuation become more complex, advisers need to be conscientious to ensure that their clients do not suffer penalties, Peter Kelly writes....

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Financial planning

New data has confirmed the degree to which the Government’s $1.6 million pension cap has choked flows into retirement income....

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Expert Analysis

Chip Castille writes that the retirement system needs to change to more accurately reflect what retirement costs....

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Expert Analysis

We need to broaden the conversation surrounding superannuation in Australia to better meet retirees’ needs, writes Jody Fitzgerald Beddoes....

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Superannuation

Optimum Pensions has been founded by actuary David Orford to provide retirement solutions aimed at addressing longevity risk....

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Financial planning

Senior Australians are putting the need to have an adequate retirement income ahead of leaving anything to their kids, according to new research....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that while other options may exist, annuitisation has become the preferred foundation for the development of Government approved retirement income prod...

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Tools & guides

Minh Ly looks at modelling strategies to help advisers help clients understand how likely a desired spending level can be sustained during retirement....

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Financial planning

Executives from research house Lonsec and equity investment specialist Martin Currie have said no one approach will fix the financial woes of an ageing population....

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Tools & guides

David Barrett looks at what financial advisers need to understand now that the TTR changes come into place....

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Features

The Government has moved further to facilitate the development of post-retirement products but, as Hope William-Smith reports, the provision of good advice will remain th...

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People & Products

legalsuper has added Challenger's lifetime and fixed term annuities to its retirement products menu....

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Features

Jeremy Cooper looks at what advisers should be considering following the latest changes to the Age Pension....

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Policy & Regulation

The changes to super rules, passed by the Government, would force Australian retirees to rethink their retirement income approach in 2017, according to a study by a fund ...

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