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Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... we know are coming our way in the years ahead. This fund will benefit all of us - the children of today, people of working age today, our pensioners - and of course future generations," McGrath said. "It will help us to meet the costs of running the ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... and income support recipients. Firstly, it will look to permanently enhance the work bonus for pensioners over the Age Pension age and eligible veterans. This will involve providing new entrants with a starting income bank balance and preserving the ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... currently impacted by complex means tests. "They can receive highly erratic cashflows because the amount of a part Age Pension varies considerably with the value of the pensioners' assets rather than the amounts they drawdown," he said. Aged care also ...

Cost-of-living crisis will persist into future: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... Some 62% of the 6000 participants surveyed forced themselves to cut back on spending, while 36% sought to access the Age Pension for additional financial help. About one-third of respondents had a net household income of $1500 or less per fortnight and ...

Ring-fencing super for aged care adds complexity, cost: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... costs. The superannuation advocacy body specifically criticised the unfairness of counting ring-fenced assets in the Age Pension means test, given these funds would be inaccessible to support retirement income. It also warned that ring-fencing would ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... retirement with confidence, as well as have enough to last throughout their lifetime. "Easy Default is an account-based pension product and the first important plank of what NGS Super is doing in the retirement income space," Previtera said. The product ...

Government consults on superannuation objective laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... sustainability and a dignified retirement at the heart of superannuation policy while recognising the ongoing role of the Age Pension." "This objective offers a retirement aspiration which is fit for purpose, and worthy of our commitment to a future ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... Australian retirees to achieve a dignified lifestyle in their post-work years, as well as improve the sustainability of the Age Pension and take pressure off future federal Government budgets as the population ages." In line with ASFA, SCA also updated ...

IGR to spark fresh retirement income consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... Intergenerational Report by Treasury, which demonstrates superannuation will play a key role in reducing reliance on the Age Pension and supporting the economy. According to the report, mandatory superannuation will lead to a decrease in expenditure ...

Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... of men felt moderately or very confident across a wide range of products and services from ETFs to annuities, the Age Pension and property. Vanguard head of super Shannon Nutter said: "There's a whole spectrum of circumstances that mean women aren't ...