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Retirement savings shortfall worsens: IFSA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... savings gap has widened from $26,000 per person to more than five years ago, to $73,000 today. The research showed older Australians and women who had left the workforce for a period to have a family were particularly exposed. IFSA has renewed calls ...

Tax breaks no enough: seniors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... However, he warned that a more comprehensive package of measures is necessary to improve the participation by older Australians. "Other moves that are needed include providing employers with incentives to retain and hire older workers and providing targeted ...

Seniors are tech savvy: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Super funds may want to rethink how they communicate to older Australians after a survey found 96 per cent of those over the age of 50 own a mobile phone and a similar number use SMS. A National Seniors Australia survey of more than 2,700 Australians ...

Defeat death taxes when merging accounts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Older Australians looking to merge their pension and super accounts be warned: your death taxes may be higher than you bargained for. Martin Murden, director of Partners Superannuation Services, said merging the two accounts can sometimes increase the ...

Senate admits age pension falls short

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
A senate enquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians has confirmed what many pensioners already know - that the pension rate is not enough for day-to-day living costs. "Australians have endured cost of living increases over recent ...

Raise the pension, says seniors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... ditch the $500 bonus payment to senior Australians this year. Australia's largest consumer organisation for older Australians, National Seniors, said older Australians were aware that the $500 payment was an election year one-off bonus by the Howard ...

Seniors vote against Westpoint

... chief executive, Michael O'Neill. "To provide individual advice, National Seniors wants a 'one-stop-shop' for older Australians that provides information on investment options to help them improve their financial stability," he said. The association ...

CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... profession," Bowler said. "When used in the right circumstances, reverse mortgages can be a very effective product for older Australians. The guidance note will help CPA Australia members recognise what those circumstances are," Dell added. "Industry ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... therefore increasing effective retirement incomes, improving incentives to save and strengthen incentives for older Australians to remain in the workforce.

Home equity needs to be part of retirement strategy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... considered an illiquid asset. However, with increasing property values and the development of reverse mortgages, older Australians now not only have considerable assets to draw from, but an effective way in which to do so." Martin said that the baby ...