RETIREMENT SAVINGS

Financial planning

The political fanfare and media frenzy which beset the 2005 Budget announcement, heralding tax cuts on many fronts, unfortunately overlooked blatant omissions from a fisc...

Financial planning

A Parliamentary Committee will investigate the adequacy of superannuation savings for people aged under 40, following a reference form the Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough...

Financial planning

Women continue to be at a significant disadvantage to their male counterparts when it comes to superannuation, according to financial planning firm Bridges....

Policy & Regulation

One of the major accounting bodies has stepped up its lobbying on superannuation, claiming self-employed people are significantly disadvantaged when it comes to retiremen...

Financial planning

The Government should use its majority in both houses of Parliament to substantially simplify Australia’s superannuation laws....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has topped up the retirement savings of low to middle income earners by $244 million in the 19 months since the introduction of the superannuation ...

Financial planning

Women could be the big winners from the superannuation co-contribution scheme for low income workers, with more than 126,000 expected to have their retirement savings top...

Financial planning

Self funded retirees could see their savings targeted by future Federal Governments as the nation struggles to raise sufficient tax revenue from traditional sources, a le...

Life/Risk

The new choice of superannuation fund regime will need to be handled carefully due to the risk of employees losing valuable benefits if they switch funds, delegates at th...

Superannuation

The average superannuation balance at retirement of females has been found to be about half that of males, according to a new survey by the Association of Superannuation ...

Financial planning

A SIGNIFICANT cultural shift is underway in our attitudes towards retirement....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has turned up the heat on the Labor party to outline how it will pay for $1.4 billion worth of planned superannuation tax cuts, as retirement savin...

Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has signalled it will introduce sweeping changes to make superannuation more simple and safer to achieve higher retirement incomes for Australians ...

Financial planning

40 per cent of Australians earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would participate in the Government’s proposed $3 for $2 superannuation co-contribution scheme, according t...

Financial planning

Industry groups and associations have provided a mixed response to last night’s Federal Budget announcement with some stating the 2004/05 Budget will boost retirement sav...

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