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Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... generate wealth and say, here you are at 65 years old or whatever, thank you, now take it and go home." He said future retirees are confronted with a fund supermarket where they've got all these investment choices to make and the idea is to build wealth ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... increases in the effective retirement age, although other parametric changes may be needed," they said. But if assistance to retirees during the GFC is required it should be targeted only to low income earners. Another option is "reducing [long term] ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... significant taxation reforms elsewhere, said Ingles. The Brotherhood of St Laurence said in addition to boosting pension rates, retirees' family homes should be included in the age pension means test.

FPA members gain practice tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... people are 25 per cent less satisfied on average with the planning services they received from their planners compared to retirees and other employed workers.

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Planning Association (FPA) and the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) also supported the move. "Self funded retirees have been amongst the hardest hit group in the Australian community during the global financial crisis," said Richard ...

Self-employed are more picky with advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... people are 25 per cent less satisfied on average with the planning services they received from their planners compared to retirees and other employed workers, a new survey found. The Business Health CATScan client satisfaction research found self-employed ...

FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... director. The qualitative research was conducted in January this year using 40 participants aged between late 20s to retirees.

Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... financial services industry bodies made the unprecedented move to join forces and deliver a single message to investors and retirees. The Superannuation Stakeholder Group produced a communiquA(C) which covers the equity market crisis, its effect on superannuation ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... through banks and through credit unions and super funds. For example, the Better Super rules has made it beneficial for retirees to keep their money within super, prompting several super and retirement funds to launch their own account-based pension ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... Hutton reiterated that super is not an investment, rather it is a tax effective investment structure and as such, pre-retirees who ignore it do so at their detriment. Planners now play a critical role steering investors back to investing in super. Despite ...