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TAA urges active recruitment for industry sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... training specifically for older advisers, in the same way that driver education programs have been created to help those over the age of 75 keep their licences. All in all, MacDonald is calling for unity among all advisers. "Like any other profession ...

CareSuper changes TPD definition, extends cover

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... cover will be extended to provide longer coverage. Under the new policy, individuals can have death cover until they reach the age of 75 and TPD cover until the age of 70. But, if an individual turns 65 before April 1, 2023, they will not be eligible ...

Final voting for ESG Power50 open

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
FS Sustainability is launching the final voting round of the inaugural ESG Power50, a list that will name the 50 most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies in Australia. For the first time, readers of FS Sustainability along ...

Spirit Super negotiates premium drop

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... insurance options." A case study highlighted monetary changes members could expect with default A death and TPD cover at the age of 36. Before March 5, the joint cover would have cost $465.78 per year. This has now dropped to $390.63, saving members ...

Super tax break crackdown to hit $410bn in savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... small percentage of people with very high balances." "Our modelling shows that the average person, with the support of the age pension, only needs $258,000 in super to maintain their standard of living in retirement; those people won't be affected ...

Government to double tax for high super balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... $50 billion a year, mostly go to high income earners. The cost of these concessions is projected to exceed the cost of the Age Pension by 2050. Further, over 55% of the benefit derived by superannuation tax breaks on earnings are enjoyed by the wealthiest ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... arguably the best in the world," Fahy said. "At a time when most advanced economies are grappling with the fiscal burden of the age pension, Australia's will continue to be among the lowest of our OECD peers."

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
With an ageing population but no accepted approach for measuring the age of retirement, KPMG has taken the same approach used to determine life expectancy to produce an age of retirement dataset. In producing the dataset, KPMG has determined the expected ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... sustainability and a dignified retirement at the heart of superannuation policy while recognising the ongoing role of the Age Pension," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. "This objective offers a retirement aspiration which is fit for purpose, and ...

Women the future of advice: Netwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... significant skew in their portfolio to asset classes such as Australian equities. It further identified over half of women over the age of 18 care deeply about environmental issues (59%) and social issues (54%), yet only a quarter of females (24%) currently ...