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Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... before a sensible conversation about tax concessions can be had, she believes there's room for discussion. "The Retirement Income Review showed that at $5 million, you're getting $70,000 of tax concessions per annum. That's more than the median income ...

Complacency the biggest risk to retirement: Forum

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... Vertium Asset Management chief investment officer Jason Teh has told the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income. Speaking at today's event, Teh warned bull markets can lull investors into a false sense of security and applying the ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... However, 'the degree of confidence' regarding length of life are critical to understanding how long retirement income needs to last. "The main metric quoted by the media and financial planners to determine retirees' possible planning horizons ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... against each other for savers, innovation is encouraged. Without encumbering US regulations like the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that holds the executive leadership of 401(k) sponsoring companies personally liable for fiduciary compliance ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... look at the objectives of superannuation, my point is that we should also look at the objectives of the whole retirement income system which includes the Age Pension," Knox says. If you look at the two combined, the role of income and assets as the Age ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... officially been axed." The final measure to be vetoed is the 2018-19 Budget proposal to introduce a requirement for retirement income product providers to report standardised metrics in product disclosure statements. Meanwhile, the start dates of some ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... posing a greater risk to Australian retirees than ever, necessitating the development of new approaches to manage retirement income threats, according to a Challenger report. With retirees now living for about twice as long post-retirement, compared ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... different options allow advisers and their customers to begin planning for retirement earlier, draw higher rates of retirement income and take advantage of superior tax and Centrelink strategies," he said. "Unlike alternative lifetime income products ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... financial outcomes for retirees and their access to financial advice. The increase in the SGC rate to 10.5%, and the Retirement Income Covenant partially address our weak link with respect to our adequacy score and will help improve our ranking over ...

Retirement fears on the rise: AMP

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... can help Australians feel more comfortable and confident about retirement, he said. "And with the government's Retirement Income Covenant, the superannuation industry is more focused than ever on helping members retire well through better products and ...