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ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... initiative by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) benchmarking the annual budget needed by Australians to fund either a comfortable or modest standard of living in the post-work years.

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... reform, despite their traditional differences. In an impassioned speech to ASFA delegates, the assistant treasurer said Australians had much to be optimistic about, not least the country's comparatively low national debt at 7%. However Shorten warned ...

Age Pension must be factored into retirement income

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Australians should factor in the Age Pension when looking at their projected retirement income, according to global professional services firm, Towers Watson. "Superannuation Guarantee increases notwithstanding, the Age Pension will continue to provide ...

AustralianSuper gives Alphinity $400+ million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... Super Register to recover the lost funds. "Lost super is not a new problem but it remains a significant issue for many Australians. The amount of lost or unclaimed super has now topped the $18 billion mark across the nation," said Ian Silk, AustralianSuper ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... industry superannuation, the fact remains that unionisation continues to struggle with only an estimated 2 million Australians still being a member of a union, and these figures have been relatively stable for the past five years, according to the Australian ...

Advisers distracted by industry funds: RiskStore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... disrespect that the industry funds' advertising is aiming to spread," they wrote. "The fact is that more and more Australians have and will have more and more opportunities to hold insurance in an industry fund, so advisers will simply have to do your ...

SelectingSuper celebrates super powers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
This morning's SelectingSuper Awards, held in Melbourne at the MCG, featured TEN Network veteran sports journalist Stephen Quartermain as Master of Ceremonies and media personality and former AFL player, Sam Kekovich as special guest speaker. Australia's ...

MySuper legislation introduced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... Superannuation, Bill Shorten, introduced the legislation yesterday as the next step to greater retirement savings for Australians. "Today, I introduce the first tranche of legislation to implement MySuper. This Bill amends the Superannuation Guarantee ...

SG Bill enters parliament with strong support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Superannuation, Bill Shorten, also asked that the SG age limit be abolished. "We are living longer than ever before. Australians are reorganising their lives to adapt to longer life. So we must change our laws to move with the new rhythms of life," said ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Australia in their June 2011 report to the Council of Australian Government. Infrastructure Australia warned that Australians and governments are reluctant to borrow to fund infrastructure despite having very low debt levels, baulk at raising taxes to ...