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Digital evolution highlighted at AIST awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... budget) Best integrated campaign: CareSuper - Why should I care? (over $40k budget); Tasplan Super - Changes to the Age Pension (under $40k budget) Best internal communications campaign: First State Super - Launch of STAR employee recognition program ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... and requires a multipronged approach including careful structuring of policy settings around the intersection of the Age Pension and superannuation. No one measure will solve the issue for all women," the Women in Super submission said. "Development ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... for financial advice; considering the provision of deferred aged pension entitlements for each year working beyond Age Pension age; and tax incentives for employers to engage older workers. The FPA has also listed among its recommendations that the federal ...

Australians undecided about higher super for women

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... said they would have enough money to fund retirement either through their own super, or a mix of their super and the age pension, but it was different for women, with more than 60% stating they believed they wouldn't have enough, or had no idea how much ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... income, which included a proposal backed by research. "Laura's recommendations included securing a 5% increase in the Age Pension for every year Australians continue to work and contribute to their superannuation beyond the pension age, without accessing ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... underpins all of this reform is a single comprehensive means test. She said it is something that has been argued for the Age Pension for a long time and there are a lot of incentives to gain in the Age Pension means test because the home is excluded ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... counterparts and unpaid time out of the workforce." Blakey said many members will use their super to supplement the Age Pension - which is in keeping with the original intention of super - as "it was designed to provide a universal access to savings ...

Australians don't want government to step in on super: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... having a balance of less than $100,000. Half of the survey respondents believe they'll need to rely solely on the Age Pension to fund their retirement. When probed on their attitudes toward accumulating superannuation, older workers appear to have reservations ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... from private pension plans so that access to retirement benefits is restricted to no more than five years before the age pension eligibility.

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... retirement. Also affected are lower-income earners who will be reliant on their superannuation savings to supplement the Age Pension in retirement. All of which potentially does not help members' engagement with their super. ASFA recently submitted on ...