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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... mostly equities. This could be explained by a range of factors, including dividend imputation; the availability of the age pension; and historical returns from this asset class relative to others. The issue for the Inquiry is whether it is consistent ...

ASFA calls for lifetime contribution caps

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... successfully raising retirement incomes, increasing national savings and decreasing government expenditure on the Age Pension. According to the report, by 2026, a person who retires at the Age Pension qualifying age with an average super balance would ...

Zenith launches range of retirement portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... appetites and have options for an annuity-style income stream. The six portfolios are designed to maximise income and age pension entitlements, protect capital and reduce investment risk to meet the lifelong income needs of retirees. To be known as the ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... average will be drawing 60% of their post retirement income from their private superannuation savings rather than the age pension. In future we shouldn't just be comparing super funds based on fees, we should be comparing them on the retirement income ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... average will be drawing 60% of their post retirement income from their private superannuation savings rather than the age pension. In future we shouldn't just be comparing super funds based on fees, we should be comparing them on the retirement income ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Hockey's 2014-15 budget speech in May sent the wheels of the financial services industry speed up. The rise of the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 years old by 2035 and the indexing of the Age Pension and the Disability Support pension to inflation ...

Super isn't working for us, say baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... 9% do not trust it. Only half said they were looking forward to retirement, with 64% expecting to be reliant on the Age Pension. However, the report also found a major lift in the use of financial advisers, with 52% of respondents taking some sort of ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... stage with Monash University economist Rodney Maddock, who presented the other side of the argument, arguing that the Age Pension already functions as a lifetime annuity. "Having the government take money off you and sticking it in something at 3% which ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... changes that would encourage greater use include the ability to invest without locking in current interest rates, age pension friendly products and more product flexibility.

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... age to 65, but with early access measures for those who are unable to work to that age. The FSC said that, with the Age Pension eligibility age set to rise to 70 by 2035, the age at which retirees can access their superannuation - preservation age - ...