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Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... receive, it explained. Despite the huge cost of superannuation tax subsidies, the proportion of people receiving no age pension income support is only expected to climb to slightly more than 20% by mid century, not much more than it is now. But the proportion ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... receive, it explained. Despite the huge cost of superannuation tax subsidies, the proportion of people receiving no age pension income support is only expected to climb to slightly more than 20% by mid century, not much more than it is now. But the proportion ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... what stalled interest in annuities was when in 2004 the government made annuity capital values only 50% exempt to the age pension asset test, explained Bouquet. This focus on tax was like putting up a wall between annuities and the people they were designed ...

Advice frameworks need an overhaul

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... those income objectives - say a 70-80% chance of meeting those terms." "For retirement, you then begin to add in the age pension and assets inside and outside of super and start to look at it as a holistic problem, so you get much richer information." ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... it all - particularly in years ahead with fewer taxpayers, more people needing aged care, and increased health and age pension costs as the population ages," said Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia.

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... it all - particularly in years ahead with fewer taxpayers, more people needing aged care, and increased health and age pension costs as the population ages," said Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia. "We therefore need a new aged care financing ...

Pre-retiree client strategies fall short: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... product needs. The report found that planners anticipated 33% of their clients aged under 75 will be dependent on the Age Pension for more than half of their income when they retire, growing to 54% by the time they are aged between 84-95. Last year ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... projected to drop to 2.7," said Pauline Vamos, head of ASFA. "An increase in the SG will take the pressure off the Age Pension and assist more working Australians to a better quality of life in retirement." ASFA pointed to research from Allen Consulting ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... with Towers Watson finding that retirement should not be an automatic trigger to adopt defensive strategies. With the Age Pension in place as a safety net for retirees, Towers Watson has recommended through its own analysis that the use of risk parity ...

Beware the traps in aged care advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... the entry requirements for clients to be admitted to these facilities and the impact on retirement strategies and Age Pension entitlements. The FS Technical Services Forum is held every quarter with the next event on May 3.