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Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... over-reliance on their ratings. Especially when one letter - added, subtracted or changed - could mean a comfortable retirement or years in the soup lines. And also because ratings could become self-fulfilling as investors react to a credit score upgrade ...

TWU Super ups retirement stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... billion TWU Super has introduced a new transition to retirement product in a bid to ease their members into a comfortable retirement. Until recently, TWU Super members could only access their super once they permanently retire or reach 65 years of age. ...

Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... the recently retired self-employed is only $24,500 a year and is well below what is needed to support a comfortable retirement," said Vamos. "However those self-employed with higher than average superannuation savings tend to be more generally well-prepared ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... likelihood of avoiding bad investments, have a greater control of finances (62 per cent) and look forward to a comfortable retirement (62 per cent) with the right advice. A tax offset of $1,000 could be another trump card to encourage more people to ...

Long life derails retirement

... their 40s. Someone who starts saving up at 18 (highly unlikely) is the only person who could safely live a comfortable retirement based on current cost of living forecasts. Experts have given it the rather uncomely term, the "decumulation phase", the ...

Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

... Super members to find out how much they are putting into their super against how much they need to have a comfortable retirement. The research confirmed the obvious: that a huge number of working Australians - 3.4 million to be exact - are still falling ...

Right advice delivers $1.7m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... likelihood of avoiding bad investments, have a greater control of finances (62 per cent), and look forward to a comfortable retirement (62 per cent). Society as a whole will also receive a cut of the cake. Michael Rice, director of Rice Warner Actuaries ...

Super advice for $199

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... manager of advice at Westpac, said many Australians only require simple advice on what they may require for a comfortable retirement. "Westpac's $199 Super Health Check is an easy to understand and low cost advice solution to make it simpler and more ...

Tassies downsize to upsize retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... funding a smaller property at current prices could mean you may not have as much money left over to fund a comfortable retirement if your superannuation nest egg is not sufficient," he said. Davy said the reliance on the family home as retirement savings ...

Retirement gets more expensive: ASFA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... 'modest' standard of living in retirement has increased by 8.8 per cent in the last three years, and a comfortable retirement by 8.1 per cent, according to the latest Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard survey. The increases mean a couple who hope to live ...