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New terms for early super access receives mixed reaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... period to meet unexpected costs. Currently, victims of domestic violence cannot access their super before reaching preservation age. Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said the move, which is part of the Women's Economic Security Package, aims to ...

Industry fund simplifies super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... fund is making it easier for retirees to access their retirement savings. Once a member of Intrust Super reaches preservation age, a 'Join Pension' option now appears on their member dashboard allowing them to start a Super Stream pension account. Members ...

What will estate planning look like in 2020?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... this would effectively do is tighten advisers' estate planning opportunities, as would a continued rise in the preservation age, Chew said. As for a tax increase on super earnings, the technical services expert predicts it would be a small amount at ...

Austock Life revamps, hires new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... there is constant change," he said. "With investment bonds, there is no limit on how much can be invested and no preservation age. Combined with a tax environment significantly less than the top marginal tax rate and the ability to borrow against the ...

Rising age pension costs unfair on young people: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... retirement age should adjust in line with increasing life expectancy, going up by six months every four years. The preservation age should also be lifted so that it is no more five years below the pension age. The CIS's proposal regarding raising the ...

FSC reveals six-point super plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... self-sufficiency"); "Provide tax concessions which give all Australians... an incentive to save"; and "Increase the preservation age in line with increases in the age pension and life expectancy." Commenting on the plan, FSC chief executive Sally Loane ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... there is huge variance in the risk profiles of different age cohorts across product types, particularly closer to preservation age. Taking members aged between 60 and 64 as an example, the average exposure to growth assets across life cycle products ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Zimpeto Children's Centre in Maputo, Mozambique, from November. "In my industry (superannuation), we debate about preservation age and making your super last. In Mozambique, the average person is not expected to make preservation age, and with the employment ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
An industry group believes raising the superannuation Preservation Age would see the number of involuntary retirees blow out while a separate group says the idea needs to be flexible in allowing early super access. Following a Productivity Commission ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... age at which retirees can access their age pension, policymakers are pushing ahead with proposals to lift the Preservation Age. The Productivity Commission (PC) has just released research that they believe shows lifting the Preservation Age from its ...