Women in the US appear to find it much more difficult to start saving early much to the detriment of their retirement, with only a quarter starting saving from their 20s....

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

Australians only have enough funds to sustain themselves for 10 years in retirement with many people unaware of the shortfall they may face....

SuperRatings believes member servicing will be vital as fee convergence takes place in superannuation funds under MySuper....

Instead of viewing SMSFs as competition to the advice sector, they should be seen as a lucrative market for advisers to tap into, as Tracy Williams explains. ...

The FSI final report’s recommendation that superannuation fund trustees be required to provide longevity protection represents a “retirement revolution”, according to Cha...

With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...

Retirees are trapped between low yielding cash and bonds and higher yielding equity markets that on average suffer 30 per cent drops with the funds management industry st...

Towers Watson points to key retirement estimate benefits flowing from ASIC guidance....

Baby boomers’ retirements coupled with the high rate of unemployment among young Australians will see a significant ‘brain drain’ from the nation’s workforce, a new repor...

Australians need to accept the need to work longer to fund a comfortable retirement....

People aged between 35 and 49 do not place value in going to a financial advisor, with only 15 per cent having done so....

Generation X women are mimicking the risk-cautious investment habits of retirees, a problematic trend considering they are in their prime accumulation phase. ...

Uncontrollable factors are derailing the best laid retirement plans of many Australians, with the average retiree outliving their superannuation savings by five years, ne...