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Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... continue to significantly transform over the next two years in response to the growing mental health issues affecting Australians. Mental health and wellness issues are transforming the insurance sector, with more than 23% of income protection claims ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... achievable. The clarity around the compulsory offering of CIPRs by superannuation funds is in the best interests of all Australians. We strongly believe it significantly helps meet the true purpose of superannuation." "We applaud the decision to introduce ...

Budget means Aussies can get more from retirement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... StatePlus have led industry support for superannuation measures introduced in last night's Budget. IOOF highlighted how Australians stand to benefit from changes to superannuation policy which would allow planning for a more sustainable retirement. IOOF ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably structured around the protection of Australians' retirement wealth, stretching the entire spectrum from those in their early working years to pensioners. Most notably ...

Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... promised more substantial changes in 2022-23. "The $37,000 threshold will be lifted to $41,000, stopping half a million Australians facing a marginal rate of 32.5% and the $90,000 threshold will be raised again to $120,000, preventing 1.8 million Australians ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Labor Party said pensioners and working Australians will be most disadvantaged by this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... of the Liberals' $258.6 million package for a "range of measures that will enhance the standard of living of older Australians." The government has also set aside $20 million over next five years to amend the pension means test rules. "[This is] to encourage ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... for members under 25 and those with low balances. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement savings from undue erosion by fees and insurance premiums." Under the new regime, insurance will move from a default ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... advice allowance' akin to the one legislated by the UK government in April 2017. The FPA wants the Government to give Australians a $1000 tax-free allowance from their defined contribution pension to redeem against the cost of regulated financial advice. ...

Six associations form new alliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... system. Once that development has been completed, there needs to be a period of ongoing stability for the system so that Australians can plan for their retirement with confidence." The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association chief executive Andrew ...