Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...

If increasing Australia’s superannuation savings pool is the aim of the game, introducing competition to the default funds space is a logical solution, writes Patricia Mo...

Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of baby boomers think they will need the age pension in addition to their super savings, according to REST Super....

An ageing population has meant retirees and pre-retirees now make up 66 per cent of financial planning clients and 82 per cent of planner funds under advice...

Provisions to increase the age at which Australians can access their superannuation are being supported by the Financial Service Council, but only if early access arrange...

FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....

In the rush to put money in superannuation, other investment vehicles with concessionary tax benefits have been overlooked. Income bonds have become one of the forgotten ...

Saving for retirement has become all the more pertinent as expenditure for couples looking for a ‘comfortable’ retirement rose by 0.3 per cent to $57,817 a year in the Ma...

A roundtable has agreed that Australia needs a Government-sanctioned retirement incomes adequacy index and a shift from lump sums to income streams....

Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has restated his belief that Australians should be made to save for their retirement needs beyond age 80....

Leading superannuation barrister Noel Davis says it’s time for the Government to consider legislating to require super benefits to be paid as pensions rather than lump su...

Speculation surrounding Federal Budget changes to super is fostering uncertainty among pre-retirees and discouraging them from saving, an accountant believes. ...

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has expressed its concern over the Federal Government’s “ad hoc” decision on retirement income policy....

FSC backs Commission of Audit recommendations on narrowing the gap between the age pension and the super preservation age....