RETIREMENT

Superannuation

While 37 per cent of Australians want to travel the world in retirement, 73 per cent plan to access the Age Pension, according to Sunsuper....

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Financial planning

The majority of Australians have not seen a financial adviser despite mounting concerns about their retirement as they feel it is only for the wealthy....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds which offer post-retirement products will be inherently conflicted with respect to member best interests and should not be afforded a legislative car...

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Financial planning

Results from a finder.com.au survey have found over 50 per cent of Australians consider adequate accumulation for a comfortable retirement the most crucial financial mile...

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Financial planning

The discussion around CIPRs or the MyRetirement framework should focus on a ‘solution’ rather than ‘product’, while low-cost digital advice solutions should be a key com...

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Features

It is time for planners to bring aged care advice into sharper focus and initiate conversations with their clients around cost, structures, and implications for other are...

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Superannuation

Housing affordability has serious implications for metro-based retirees, according to Milliman’s report....

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Financial planning

Majority of Australians fear they would not have enough funds for a comfortable retirement, yet only a few take an active interest in managing their finances....

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has warned that the amount needed to achieve a modest or comfortable retirement will rise in line with utility...

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Awards

‘Old world’ lifetime annuities that offered little access to capital have been flipped on their head by Challenger, which saw its Challenger Guaranteed Annuity named the ...

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Features

Catherine Chivers discusses top five advice topics that are likely to be running themes in adviser-client conversations as the financial year draws to a close....

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Features

Home is where the heart is for many older Australians. Stephen Hardy weighs up their desire to keep the family home with the challenge of funding decades in retirement....

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Financial planning

Australian retirees are more conservative than their US peers throughout their retirements preferring minimum pension draw-downs....

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Superannuation

Retirement guarantees do not always provide a benefit and could return less over the retiree’s lifetime than a product with no guarantees, according to Milliman’s study....

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Financial planning

New research confirms that Australians want good advice as they become increasingly uncertain about their retirement....

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