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Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
In the absence of an increase in the superannuation guarantee, industry representative groups agree Australians will need to put more money in to their super accounts after changes to the Age Pension were announced in the federal budget. Most changes ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 Budget is expected to focus largely on Age Pension reforms that will likely require changes in the approach that the superannuation industry, financial advisers and professional investors take to design retirement strategies. Prior to the release ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
National Seniors has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider ways in which Australia can deliver "top quality, independent financial advice." In its submission, the over-50s consumer lobby urges the Inquiry to consider the government's ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... stalled interest in annuities was when in 2004 the government made annuity capital values only 50% exempt to the age pension asset test, explained Bouquet. This focus on tax was like putting up a wall between annuities and the people they were designed ...

Challenger dominates annuity market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... highest record sales of annuities in one calendar year is $4 billion in 2004, that peak was bolstered by an age pension asset test exemption and a higher number of annuity providers. "In that year, sales hit all-time highs of $4 billion because a planned ...
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