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Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... home you actually bring your excess house equity into the assets test," he said. Dunsford said the way we encourage post-retirees to stay in the workforce also needs to be considered and one option we could consider is exempting employment income of ...

Cuscal targets super as profit soars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... cater to the super industry. "This year we are set to assist superannuation funds offer account-based pension products to retirees. These products will feature direct access to super through internet banking, ATMs and EFTPOS channels. This functionality ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Government intervention." While Senator Sherry has argued that the Government's proposed changes are meant to ensure retirees are in super funds that generate the best returns, Turnbull said the decision should be left to them - not the government. "Australia ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... considered protecting retirement savings using 'investment guarantees' as the single most important product innovation for retirees in the coming years. An investment guarantee would ensure superannuation balances don't deteriorate in falling equity ...

Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... allocation, a "growth" strategy and the composition of the fund members under that option, whether they are accumulators or retirees. "Those issues have to be discussed before the data go in the public domain," said Bissaker. Summing up, both Silk and ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Getting super contributions up to 15 per cent and pushing retirees to income streams is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff ...

CONNECT targets retirees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The $650 million CONNECT superannuation fund has crafted two new funds aimed at members coming up to retirement or are already retired. The first fund, called CONNECT's transition to retirement pension option, is targeted at members due to retire. The ...

Tax free pension not without trade-offs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
Retirees with tax free pension accounts risk missing out on certain super fund payments handed to their dependents, according to a financial planning expert. Rudy Haddad, ING Australia national manager of technical services, sales and marketing, said ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Third-Age Retirement Living. He added the group's portfolio will address the increasing demands of new generations of retirees that want more control over their investments and lifestyle.

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... Pensions Act 1908 that superceded age pensions already paid in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. At ten shillings a week for retirees 65 years or older it was equivalent to just 12 per cent of average weekly earnings, half the rate paid today. Because life ...