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Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... for the SG age cap to be removed. "We should be encouraging a savings culture and providing incentives to defer the age pension by allowing individuals who are still working to receive superannuation guarantee entitlements offered to all other working ...

PAS taps board diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... "Females on average have less than half the super of males, making them statistically far more likely to rely on the age pension," said Bolton. "With more females in management and board roles, we are better equipped to understand the challenges Australian ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... should help put super where it belongs, alongside other government reforms held in national esteem such as the old-age pension and Medicare.

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... This message has political upside because it's in the national interest for consumers to get good advice and reduce age pension outlays, said Chikarovski. To achieve this, advisers must be proactive, said Daly. "Our greatest threat is not fee for service ...

Simulate my retirement: Telstra Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... household's likelihood of enjoying a comfortable retirement. It also shows a user how heavily they would rely on the Age Pension as a source of income. Potential career breaks, such as having time off for children, are catered for and the projections ...

Funds should show benefit projections: IAA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... their retirement savings goals, new research shows. A survey of 50 senior executives said projections should include Age Pension entitlements and show both a lump sum and an annual income estimate at retirement, according to new research by the Institute ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... a range of superannuation reforms including locking superannuation money up until retirement age and tightening of age pension eligibility criteria. "Most individuals are presently able to access superannuation concessions, a full or part pension and/or ...

New website for women and super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... and take career breaks or part-time work to accommodate family responsibilities. Even combined with a full or part Age Pension, this average woman's retirement payout would have to be stretched very thin to cover 20 years or more assuming they live well ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Index shows that this equates to 13 years of "comfortable" income levels, with the remainder spent living off the age pension. But if SG was to increase to 12 per cent, a person retiring at 65 gets an extra 1.7 years of comfortable living. Those in the ...

Government annuities proposal draws industry fire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... lifetime annuities can be used to provide retirees with a higher total income in retirement while reducing future age pension costs to government," said Howes. Andrew Robertson, head of longevity solutions at Macquarie Funds Group, argues that cross-subsidisation ...