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How much do you need to retire in Australia?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) has revealed that the cost of funding a "comfortable retirement" has risen to a record high. ASFA said couples need $72,663 per year, while singles require $51,630 annually to experience a comfortable ...

How super funds could better support members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... financial products that are right for them. The research found there was work to be done to ensure Australians nearing retirement feel financially ready with 34% feeling unprepared. A further 32% of pre-retirees had yet to take steps to prepare for life ...

SMSFs' use of advisers plummets: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... likely or very likely to seek financial advice in the future. The top three reasons people don't seek advice are that they feel they can manage their own finances, they think advisers are too expensive, or they don't need advice right now. A bad ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said at the Australian Shareholders' Association Conference yesterday that addressing the supply side of the housing crisis requires an infusion of private capital. ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... males (6.6) and members with default (6.1) and custom investment mix (6.9). Women were also three times more likely (7%) to feel 'overwhelmed' when it comes to retirement than men (2%). CSBA CX director or finance Sam Monteath said the findings ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... recent years through the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. It will also help deepen the connection young people feel with their super from their first day in their first job," Doyle said. More than 90% of under-18 workers work fewer than ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The tentacles of inflation are taking a toll on retirees' savings as the diminished value of their money is their biggest financial worry over healthcare costs, according to a Schroders survey. An overwhelming number of participants in the 2024 ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... portfolios through too many lenses - return, risk, peers, regulatory benchmarks, and ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and the long-term maximum benefit may not be the sum of a series of short-term ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... already indicated it expects that 95% of them will have no material risks or opportunities?" Ghandar said CA ANZ members feel the government had "got it wrong" and are calling for the bill to be amended. "Seventy percent of those surveyed believed it ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...