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Superannuation

Fewer working Australians than last year believe their savings will be sufficient to fund their retirement, according to a new survey....

Superannuation

One in every two Australians aged under 45 are worried about financing their retirements, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Austra...

Financial planning

The launch of reverse mortgage products into the Australian market could offer individuals without significant super savings the opportunity to create an income stream in...

Superannuation

With the baby boomer generation now entering retirement, or certainly looking down the gun barrel, the focus on retirement income streams, by both the government and fina...

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....

Financial planning

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

Superannuation

Financial planners are being invited to help bridge the retirement savings gap faced by many ageing Australians and educate them as to the reality, in terms of reasonable...

Superannuation

Australians are becoming more realistic as to the level of savings required to fund a reasonable quality of life in retirement, with one in three recent retirees not havi...

Financial planning

Almost two thirds of baby boomers do not have financial plans or have a financial planner with nine out of 10 confident of their own financial knowledge according to a su...

Superannuation

Even with all the bad news in the market, Ben Abbott reports that it might not be a bad time for clients to retire....

Superannuation

The sad truth is that many clients will not be able to retire when they want to. Mike Taylor reports....

Superannuation

The majority of older working Australians have given little or no thought to planning for retirement according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank....

People & Products

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) head of balanced funds Lindsay Gibson will retire from his portfolio management role at the end of June this year....

Financial planning

Troubled accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford yesterday appointed Chris Riordan as its new chairman....

Financial planning

It’s the imponderable question, what do the wealthy want? JOHN WILKINSON asks those who should know – the private banks....

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