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Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... the research said. "It would also bring other consequences for the government including increased spending on the Age Pension as well as reduced individual savings, which would in turn place increased reliance on government-funded age and health care ...

Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... Covenant's minimum definition of retirement income, being payments a beneficiary receives from their super fund plus Age Pension. Contrastingly, other funds definitions provisioned for the inclusion of additional sources of income. For example, super ...

Data demonstrates success of compulsory super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... enjoy a comfortable retirement from super, and more women than men have super balances so low, they are reliant on the age pension," National Seniors chief executive and director of research John McCallum said. "On just about every score on superannuation ...

Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... $545,000 for singles. For a modest retirement, that budgets for a retirement lifestyle that is slightly above the Age Pension and only allows retirees to afford basic health insurance and infrequent exercise, leisure and social activities, ASFA estimates ...

Most retirees want pension support through super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
New data shows that 70% of retirees want Age Pension support from their super fund. Link Group's Retirement Reality: Advice and the Age Pension whitepaper reveals that 74% of women and 67% of men want more support when it comes to the Age Pension ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... with and account-based pension, the retiree will still have access to funds in retirement. It can also provide an Age Pension boost due to the concessional means test treatment." He added that after meeting with Generation Life, it became clear both ...

Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... who wishes to spend $1308 per fortnight ($34,000 a year) will need to have $88,000 saved by age 65 on top of their Age Pension entitlements. If they wish to spend $1692 per fortnight ($44,000), they will need to have $301,000 saved, while anyone wanting ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... personal circumstances of members such as risk tolerance, external assets, home ownership, health, eligibility for the age pension and relationship status," Equipsuper chief executive Scott Cameron says. "Without the deep understanding of members' ...

You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... household, so if you're only looking at the superannuation interest of a single member in one fund then, excluding Age Pension, you're not really looking at the entire picture," he said. "From an advice point of view, we need to be able to take that ...

Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... CPI of 2.1%and 5.1%compared to a year earlier. The impact of some increases was softened by the 3.7% increase to the Age Pension in the year to March, as well as the $250 one-off payment in April. Reduced minimum drawdowns on account-based pensions were ...