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Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... 32% agreed that properties valued at $2.5 million or higher should have at least part of their value included in the Age Pension assets test. More than half (55%) disagreed that the current retirement income system allows or has allowed them to achieve ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... reducing the concessional contribution cap to $20,000 would more than likely cost taxpayers by increasing the country's Age Pension costs. "Whatever policy levers they choose, we would hope the government actually move the dial and encourage and enable ...

Pre-retirees understand super's objective

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... and allowances. "This shows that older Australians understand that while super is the main game for retirement, the Age Pension can make up a meaningful proportion of retirement income. This can be comfort to many Australians, but it's there as a back-up ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... be an alternative to the FSI definition for super to "provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension." WSSA chief executive Douglas Latto said there needs to be a method of engaging working Australians to be active rather than ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... called for the Federal Government to go further than defining superannuation and complementary objectives for the Age Pension and the mandatory superannuation guarantee. Releasing its submission Treasury on super's objective, the institute believes there ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... survey - which started a few months after "the government announced changes to the current qualification age for the Age Pension" -- found 71% of respondents intending to retire at the age of 65 and over, a significant increase from 66% in 2013-14 and ...

Lump sum withdrawals to fall to 4% by 2025: Rice Warner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... research by Rice Warner, destabilising the view that many retirees rapidly spend their super and fall back on a full Age Pension. Used to support its 2016 pre-budget submission, the Colonial First State Income Stream Index research by Rice Warner and ...

More Australians intend to retire later

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... survey commenced a few months after the government last year announced changes to the current qualification age for the Age Pension, said the ABS. For those in the labour force who intended to retire, the most common factors influencing their decision ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Senate as a result of trying reinstate the Australian Building and Construction Commission. "We've always said the Age Pension is crucial to retirement incomes. A lot of people in the community that I represent rely on the full Age Pension. More and ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... earners," McAllister said. She said the inquiry's testimony has also underlined the importance of maintaining the old age pension. "Unlike superannuation, the old age pension has the capacity to guarantee a decent standard of retirement, regardless of ...