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Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... meeting several benchmarks by 2050. The benchmarks include having less than 20% of retired Australians relying on the Age Pension; Australians retiring with an income replacement rate in retirement in excess of 65%; Age Pension expenditure and tax expenditure ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... singles in the approach to be "retirement ready". The CommBank Retire Ready Index suggests that after receiving the Age Pension, couples with similar income levels are expected to reach 98% of what is considered to be comfortable retirement savings ($58,444). ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... paper, more than 300 discussed retirement income issues, including the relationship between superannuation and the Age Pension. He added that the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has reported that all superannuation funds are now SuperStream compliant and ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... retirement, now setting the bar at $640,000 for a couple. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said recent changes to the Age Pension means test, together with increases in the cost of living and life expectancy will have an impact on the savings people ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... saving enough inside or outside of superannuation. Because of this, 80% of Australians will still be accessing the age pension in 2050 a^\' after 60 years of compulsory super. Even under the Government's proposed increase in the access age for the age ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... system is more than four decades away from maturity. The paper also says an interaction of superannuation and the Age Pension for people on low to middle incomes to boost retirement incomes is an intended outcome of the system. AIST chief executive Tom ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Common misunderstandings about the interplay between superannuation and the age pension are driving public uncertainty about Australia's retirement income system. This is the conclusion of the Super Reality Check report developed by Vidler Policy and ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... as they do not appreciate the longevity risk that these instruments mitigate." "Alternatively, the presence of the Age Pension may be seen as providing sufficient insurance against a 'safety net' longevity risk," the policy paper said.

Rice Warner highlights $1.8trn insurance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... given that this could result in attrition of super balances, which would then potentially increase dependence on the age pension.

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Following successive government plans to lift the 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 ...