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Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... suggesting that something as simple as changing scheme design may be a very effective way to influence future retirement ages. Overlaid with this is the finding that almost one-fifth of men said they expect to retire in their seventies although only ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... for superannuation and it argued that it will relieve "the increasing strain on the economy as the Australian population ages." FSC director of Policy and International Markets Martin Codina said that the organisation will be taking the proposal to the ...

Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... It also highlights how life expectancy metrics are just projected averages, meaning many people will live way beyond those ages. "Total private and public investment requirements over this 50 year period are estimated to be more than 5 times the cumulative ...

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... step further and introduced a MySuper product which offers a lifecycle strategy that de-risks members' balances between the ages of 55 and 65 on an individual basis." Sunsuper's Lifecycle Investment Strategy is designed so that a member's balance is ...

Tailor advice to each generation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... adviser's office. Beddoes Institute's Rebecca Sheils said the results suggest that a 'more is more' effect is consistent across ages, with clients in all three generations reporting higher satisfaction with practices that communicate via a larger number ...

AMP to launch zero tax equities income fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... when other, less sophisticated dividend hunters are still locked in by the 45-day franking credit rule. As the population ages, and the pool of money in the decumulation phase increases, funds such as this are likely to become more popular. Australia's ...

SMSF contributions down 25%, AMP survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... likely the result of the reduction in the concessional contribution cap, with a cap of $25,000 now applying to members of all ages during the 2013 financial year," the report stated. But it said that, with the cap now at $35,000 for over 65s, it expects ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... higher in most cases, perhaps as high as 16%. The research found that for a woman who takes a five-year break between the ages of 25 and 30, the super contribution rate would have to go up to 16% before it roughly equals a man's. An alternative approach ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... federal election, will remove superannuation from the political cycle, a move he said was vital as the Australian population ages. "The five-year freeze, which commences immediately, means Australians can feel confident that under a Labor Government ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... regimes; and the allocation of portfolio expenses," Farley said. "It's time to build better retirement portfolios for all ages and lifestyles." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that Challenger's Jeremy Cooper - also chair of the Cooper Review - ...