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Deborah Ralston to advise Allianz Retire+

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Retirement Income Review panel member Deborah Ralston has joined an advisory panel set up by Allianz Retire+, which will also include Nicolette Rubinsztein. Allianz Retire+ has offered its retirement income products, Future Safe to the retail market ...

Why advisers don't recommend annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... which this month signed a distribution deal with ASX-listed Generation Life. The final report from the Retirement Income Review, commissioned by the federal government, acknowledged the need for longevity products in retirement but also warned that financial ...

Super runs out before death: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... claims that the majority of Australians deplete their superannuation savings before death, countering the Retirement Income Review's findings. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) claims that most retirees run out of super well ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... none of the recent major superannuation reviews (including Productivity Commission, Royal Commission, Retirement Income Review and Jeremy Cooper and David Murray's reviews) have recommended early release of superannuation for housing. Australia currently ...

QSuper unveils retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Jason Murray commented that Lifetime Pension meets the challenge set out in the federal government's Retirement Income Review, which is developing products that allow retirees to spend their superannuation with confidence. "The review has rightly ...

Government retirement modelling leaves women behind: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... contributions, the male average is 36.2 years," ISA said. ISA said the analysis highlights a flaw in the Retirement Income Review base case modelling which assumes everyone receives 40 years of super contributions - leading to overestimates in retirement ...

Possible delay for SG rise: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume reiterated the findings of the Retirement Income Review whereby the current SG rate is more beneficial for Australians. "People who are currently in their working lives and contributing ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... should be keeping people who have them in jobs and helping the unemployed get new ones." He added that the Retirement Income Review demonstrated that increases in employee superannuation contributions often correlated to a slowing of any potential increases ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... needing to hike taxes to meet the potential bulging pension burden. "Figures from the government's own Retirement Income Review reveal ditching the increase would leave all income groups with lower lifetime disposable incomes," it said. "A plan to make ...

ASFA calls for super fairness

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... million to balance the system. In its pre-budget submission, ASFA focused its recommendations on the Retirement Income Review (RIR) and noted that while the superannuation is system is well-designed it has concerns about the fairness of the system. ASFA ...