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Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... income target. Under the new rules only 51% of couples and 37% of singles will meet the target. From 1 January 2017, the taper rate will double from $1.50 to $3 per fortnight for every $1000 over the minimum thresholds, meaning that the eligibility for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... on ice. As a matter of interest, the LMCI printed at 5.4 in November 2013 and 2.5 in December before the Fed announced QE taper in December of the same year. It read 4.4 and 4.7 in September and October of 2014 before QE ended in October of the same ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... lift-off). As a matter of interest, the LMCI printed at 5.4 in November 2013 and 2.5 in December before the Fed announced QE taper in December of the same year. It read 4.4 and 4.7 in September and October of 2014 before QE ended in October of the same ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... readings. As a matter of interest, the LMCI printed at 5.4 in November 2013 and 2.5 in December before the Fed announced QE taper in December of the same year. It read 4.4 and 4.7 in September and October of 2014 before QE ended in October of the same ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... an independent review of the pension means test, should it win government - something National Seniors also supports. The taper rate changes announced by the Coalition in 2015, and due to take effect in January 2017, will see retirees with modest savings ...

Government finds $2.9 billion from super tax

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... workers, the Super Guarantee needs to rise from 9.5% to 12% sooner rather than later and a fairer age pension asset test with a taper rate of no more than $2 per $1000 of assets needs to be introduced." Other budget measures announced by Morrison include ...

Advisers looking for longevity and aged care solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
Aged care and longevity risk in retirement planning are becoming key concerns for financial advisers, as demonstrated by the first Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum. Challenger head of technical services Andrew Lowe spoke first ...

ISA launches super tax plan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... $50,000 per year, rather than the current cap of $230,000. ISA is also calling for a fairer Age Pension asset test with a taper of no more than $2 per $1000 of assets. It also proposes level earnings taxes of 15% in accumulation and the retirement phase ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... - was above the Fed's 2% inflation target and the 5-year differential not too far below. This helped clinched Bernanke's taper. But look at where inflation expectations are now... if the Fed wasn't able to lift back in June when inflation expectations ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... why labor-market gains have slowed this year after growing robustly the year before. He sees the Fed's hand, citing the "taper tantrum" of 2013. At that time, Fed officials' suggestion that they were weighing a wind-down in their bond-buying program ...