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Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... $150,000, Club Plus Super said. It is a potential solution to raising the extra $130,000 A needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) earlier this week. Club Plus Super chief executive ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... updated ASFA figure suggests Australian's will need to increase their super balances by up to $130,000 for a comfortable retirement, now setting the bar at $640,000 for a couple. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said recent changes to the Age Pension ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... superannuation, and specifically to debunk the "myth" that a $1 million super nest egg is necessary to ensure a comfortable retirement. It argues that this idea places an overemphasis on superannuation balance sizes and ignores the importance of ongoing ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... retirement," she said. "While people may have different expectations of what they will need to spend to live a comfortable retirement, the retirement standard sets a benchmark for the minimum amount required." Under the current Age Pension assets test ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... balances, is needed so that they can be better targeted to those who most need the concessions to achieve a comfortable retirement, while minimising the draw on the Age Pension." AIST chief executive Tom Garcia also agreed with a superannuation concessions ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... "It's time to face the reality that Australians are living longer and will need to work longer to achieve a comfortable retirement." She noted that "by 2055, there will be 2.7 working Australians for every Australian over 65 compared with 4.5 at present. ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
While over half (55.2%) of Australians know how much savings they will need for a comfortable retirement, only a quarter (24.5%) are making additional super contributions to reach this goal, according to a survey commissioned by Club Plus Super. Club ...

SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... find, local investors need to be thinking globally about how to grow their assets in order to secure a comfortable retirement. SPDR ETFs are an ideal vehicle to access international markets, sectors and geographies while providing sustainable and diversified ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... workers can expect to live well beyond the average life expectancy highlights the challenge of achieving a comfortable retirement. Mercer's analysis into the mortality rates of public sector pensioners reveals that 50% of retiring white collar male workers ...

ASFA calls for lifetime contribution caps

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... "This would help ensure that people are using superannuation as a means to provide enough income for a comfortable retirement, and not for wealth accumulation or estate planning purposes," Vamos said. ASFA also evaluated the ability of the superannuation ...