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Hawks Nest is Australia's oldest town

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Hawks Nest on the NSW mid north coast boasts Australia's oldest average residents, giving a glimpse to how some communities will look when retirees begin to dominate the country. A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that ...

Give MySuper time to work, says AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... super, he urged the FSI to make changes to the retirement phase, asking for a reframing of the language "from wealth creation (nest eggs) to retirement incomes." "It's time to move the reform focus from 'to retirement' to 'through retirement' and really ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... banking relationships. "Of course, this A creates a conflicts of interest for employers, and in doing so places the super nest eggs of Australians at risk of underperforming bank-owned super funds," Whiteley said. The review process was put on hold in ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... review of the financial system since 1997 may result in lower superannuation fund fees and slow the erosion of retirement nest eggs. At a time when financial advisers and the Commonwealth Bank are under a cloud, the head of the financial system inquiry ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... savings across their retirement years," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. The age at which people can access their nest eggs - known as the preservation age - depends on their date of birth. For those born after June 30 1964, it's 60. The government ...

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... we are missing the main game." "The main game is to ensure we are consistently doing all of the right things to add to our nest egg assets, and therefore ensure we won't need to access the age pension." Read Financial Standard's coverage of the budget ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... individual risk," National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said. "For older Australians there's a great deal at stake - nest eggs are on the line and, if you're in or nearing retirement, there's little opportunity to recoup losses. "Yet, the ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... last five years, that doesn't help folks who don't have 401(k)s." "It's a new savings bond that encourages folks to build a nest egg. MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in," he added. The MyRA scheme will supplement the ...

Pre-retirees won't meet goals without equities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... increasing and cash and passive fixed income assets paying next to nothing, not only do pre-retirees need to have a far larger nest egg than ever before, they also need to take more risk to achieve it. "It's no longer safe to be conservative. Post-GFC ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... their place as the premier and most dominant segment. But it was the report's analysis of how long after retirement retirees' nest eggs would last that was the most profound aspect of the analysis as it showed that retirees living "comfortable" retirement ...