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What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... body is vital in helping employers make the right choice about their default super provider. "Super is now 9.5% of your wages. So how do you determine where your super goes if you don't choose it? Do you want your employer to work it out with his accountant ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... you, I and Irene about the "considerable slack" in the labour market. "Large numbers of partly unemployed workers, stagnant wages, lower labor-force participation and longer periods of joblessness" show that "there remains considerable slack in the economy ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... to 70 years old by 2035 and the indexing of the Age Pension and the Disability Support pension to inflation, rather than wages, from 2017, have immense implications for retirees and pre-retirees. Australians were confronted with the crude reality that ...

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... meanwhile said, "To see a select few bosses pocket such massive secret 'bonuses' when most public servants earn average wages and are struggling with cuts is appalling, frankly," Fairfax press reported. However, in their annual report the FFMA justified ...

Govt needs six votes to pass pension changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... Age Pension. The government has proposed lifting the pension age to 70 by 2035, and indexing it to inflation rather than wages. The Coalition will also reportedly need four more votes to pass its Medicare $7 co-charge policy. Currently it has the support ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... and he said that the government will index the Age Pension and the Disability Support pension to inflation, rather than wages, from 2017. Untaxed superannuation income will be included in the income test for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card for new ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Australians. He said the changes to the Age Pension eligibility age and the introduction of indexation to inflation rather than wages should be a "last resort." "They will have quite a significant impact on retirement incomes," he said. "We estimate ...

Pension age to rise 70 by 2035

JAMES FERNYHOUGH AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... 2017, the government will also index the Age Pension, as well as the Disability Support Pension, to inflation rather than wages. Untaxed superannuation income will be included in the income test for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card for new recipients. ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Australians. He said the options for the government to do this are to either introduce an additional superannuation levy on wages or to quarantine a portion of a retiree's lump sum at retirement and only making it available to them 20-30 years after ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... straight month in March-- indicates that further improvement in the Australian labour market is in store. Also, "Growth in wages has declined noticeably and this has been reflected more clearly in the latest price data, which show a moderation in growth ...