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Retirement calculators 'can't be counted on': SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... balance of $95,000, who is single, owns her home, and plans to retire at 67. For this scenario, the default retirement income projected by calculators varied by 74%, ranging from $29,928 to $52,000 a year - which could be the difference between someone ...

Aged care costs begin to worry older Aussies

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... "Australians need help to best use their savings to live life to the fullest, at every stage in retirement," head of retirement income at Challenger Aaron Minney said. "With the right guidance, we can ensure that people are financially prepared for aged ...

Nudging pre-retirees has 'little effect'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... legislative change that allows superannuation funds to nudge their members is primarily linked to reforms under the Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) and related regulations that govern how superannuation funds can interact with, and provide advice to ...

ESSSuper ups admin fee cap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... annually on balances of $500,000, according to SuperRatings, while the mean sits at $4600 p.a. ESSSuper said its Retirement Income Stream account will charge $3400 p.a. based on this balance, which is still ahead of most super funds. ESSSuper recently ...

MLC Super to slash admin fees for members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... members, headline admin fees will be halved from 0.30% to 0.15% per annum. Meantime, administration fees on Plum Retirement Income and MLC MasterKey Pension Fundamentals will drop from a maximum of 0.30% to 0.10%. The annual fee cap applied to Plum Retirement ...

Pre-retirees expect less reliance on Age Pension: Investment Trends

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Most Australians anticipate they will fund only 12% of their retirement income with the Age Pension, but the reality is retirees currently need nearly double that amount, a new study from Investment Trends finds. A survey of more than 5600 participants ...

ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... said. ASIC aligns its default inflation rates with the federal government's 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR), Retirement Income Review, and current midpoint of the Reserve Bank of Australia's target range for consumer price inflation. ASIC said it ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
The complexity of retirement income decisions has left many feeling ill-equipped to manage their superannuation savings and generate an income that will deliver a comfortable lifestyle later in life, according to GBST research. The wealth management ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... strengths in retirement, investment management and asset origination, it said. "As Australia's leader in retirement income, and through Fidante, a partner to many of Australia's best-known boutique funds management brands, State Street is ideally ...

Too much being asked of super trustees: Levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... now includes housing." Levy said regulators have looked at what trustees are doing to try and comply with the retirement income covenant and those regulators are already concerned that it is not enough. "I worry about adding to that burden. These are ...