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Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) released its latest quarterly Retirement Standard report finding the cost of comfortable retirement for homeowners at age 67 has reached a record high. A comfortable retirement super balance is now $630,000 for singles, up from ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
The cost of comfortable retirement for homeowners at age 67 has reached a record high, according to ASFA's latest quarterly Retirement Standard. A comfortable retirement super balance is now $630,000 for singles, up from $595,000. Couples would ...

Advisers prioritise robust planning, education in retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
To ensure clients end up with a comfortable retirement, financial advisers prioritise providing a solid plan and boosting their superannuation literacy, a survey shows. Polling the audience at the 2026 SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... as a couple who does not own their own house requires nearly double the amount in superannuation for a comfortable retirement compared to homeowners, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). The 2026 Retirement Savings Targets for Renters compiled ...

Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) states that a financially comfortable retirement requires $432,000 in superannuation for couples and $322,000 for singles who are homeowners. SCA's modelling, which is based on Australians owning their homes outright ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... are unlikely to be described as 'high-net-worth individuals' but he says many of them achieve a comfortable retirement at or around the standard published by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which is $690,000 for couples ...

Classic 60/40 approach underdelivers for women retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... retirees - both male and female - over a 25-year period for both a comfortable and modest retirement. For a comfortable retirement, the study assumed a necessary annual income of $53,289 and $34,522 for a modest retirement lifestyle. The research found ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
Grattan Institute has recommended changes to help simplify the superannuation system, including pushing for retirees to place 80% of their super balance into an annuity, possibly offered by the government itself. In its submission to the Treasury consultation ...

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... concerning 50/100. Amidst a cost-of-living crisis and spikes in household expenses, the annual cost of comfortable retirement has risen by over $13,000 in the last five years. New data from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... and assumes the couple owns their home. Assuming the same, the annual budget for singles looking for a comfortable retirement also surged, up almost $1000 to $53,283. The annual expenditure for a modest retirement was $49,992 for couples and $34,522 ...