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Higher super contributions make Aussies feel safer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... The firm's latest Retirement Income Report - its 10th iteration - reveals less than half of working Australians above the age of 40 feel prepared for retirement. According to Investment Trends, the source of retirement anxiety suffered by most Aussies ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
In a letter to all entities it regulates, APRA has said the effects of climate change are being transmitted directly as well as indirectly. APRA will develop a climate change financial risk prudential practice guide, which it says will not be intended ...

Super tax concessions out of hand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Latest analysis of Treasury data shows superannuation tax concessions are growing so large they will soon rival the Age Pension. New Australia Institute analysis shows tax concessions in superannuation are almost as large as the cost of the Age Pension ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) said increasing the super guarantee will hurt women and the age pension should remain a strong element of the retirement income system. In its submission to the Treasury the NFAW said the superannuation ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... measures were good news for SMSFs," he said. One proposed change that has not yet been made law would see people over the age of 65 no longer required to meet the work test. "The government clearly does not like the work test. They've been chipping away ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
The Fidelity International Analyst Survey has revealed surprising sentiment around ESG, with 90% of analysts reporting some or all the companies they cover are focussed on ESG. In 2019, 31% of analysts surveyed said most companies they cover were stepping ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... reduce," it warned. "This means that taxpayers will need to support the lower paid or gig workers who will fall back onto the age pension system to a greater degree than otherwise." The Institute also believes many Australians are at risk of not having ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... - KPMG's submission recommends making changes to the system across all three pillars, including reducing the impact on the age pension by incentivising an increase to contributions. "If we could draw up the retirement system with a blank sheet of paper ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... The report said the purpose of the review is to ascertain the degree to which retirees are supported by superannuation, the age pension and other savings including home equity. "However, as evident from a recent survey, Australia's retirees do not ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... fantastic results from their first home property purchases. "It shows that for someone born in 1950, who purchased a house at the age of 30 (in 1980), the value of the average Australian property has risen by 187%," he said. "For those born in 1950 ...