Getting retirees to cut back spending in the middle of retirement will be seen as more of a failure of advice than a useful strategy, Aaron Minney writes....
Challenger annuities were now available to industry super fund, Local Government Super, along with others, through Link Group’s AAS platform....
Challenger has welcomed Kelly O’Dwyer’s announcement that the government will soon announce the results of the retirement income streams review....
New analysis from Morningstar suggests planners can no longer rely on the original thinking behind the so-called four per cent rule on safe withdrawal rates....
New Roy Morgan research confirms that Australians still aren’t making genuine plans for their retirement until it is almost too late....
A panel of financial advisers pushed for more education and big hit policy responses that could have immediate effects for women who were behind on superannuation....
Laura Bielinko has taken out this year’s 2015 Financial Services Council and Deloitte Future Leader Award for her work on providing more adequate retirement incomes to Au...
An international study of longevity risk has reinforced the need for urgent reform of Australia’s retirement income system....
Women are still playing catch-up to men when it comes to retirement income and it is seemingly not getting any easier. Jassmyn Goh finds out what can help half the popula...
Andrew Lowe answers some common questions around income stream planning, including eligibility to make super contributions, and starting or winding up an income streams....
Rob Hay looks at how using ASX-listed self-funding instalment warrants could help pre-retirees build a tidy nest egg in a low interest rate environment....
The financial services industry’s gender composition at the executive level should better reflect the customer base, ING Direct said....
The Financial Services Council has pointed to the number of employers who want to do the right thing with regard to women's retirement incomes equity but are stymied by i...
Financial services software provider GBST Holdings Limited has announced enhancements to its Composer platform including new annuity solutions and retirement income offer...
The least wealthy sections of the country will be fully reliant on the Age Pension to achieve even a modest lifestyle, a white paper found....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...