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Financial planning
Recent policy changes have made preparation – and the role of planners – more critical than ever in the post-retirement space. However, even for planners, it’s not an eas...
Superannuation
Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...
Superannuation
Government proposals to lift the pension eligibility age to 70 should serve as a wake-up call to retirees that pensions are only one part of a three pillar retirement inc...
Superannuation
Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....
Financial planning
Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...
Superannuation
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...
Superannuation
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....
Financial planning
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...
Superannuation
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...
Superannuation
FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....
Superannuation
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 ...
Superannuation
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...
Superannuation
A roundtable has agreed that Australia needs a Government-sanctioned retirement incomes adequacy index and a shift from lump sums to income streams....
Superannuation
Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has restated his belief that Australians should be made to save for their retirement needs beyond age 80....
Superannuation
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...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...