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Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... financial expectations of younger Australians in retirement, with many believing they'll need nearly double what current retirees spend. Respondents aged between 25-34 expect to need $106,000 a year to retire comfortably. This is a 59% spike from ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... while delivering significant benefits to society as a whole." As a result, HESTA has called on the government to ensuring retirees' incentives to work are not diminished by indexing the Work Bonus payments thresholds to Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings ...

AZ NGA forms strategic partnership with Qld advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... known regional opportunities," Barrett said. "The group services a broad client base ranging from wealth accumulators and retirees to high-net-worth individuals, as well as a specialist Asian business servicing Chinese, Singaporean and Taiwanese clients." ...

Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... 'comfortable' retirement in this section. Although several factors have contributed to the ballooning costs, ASFA found that retirees are spending more than ever on digital connectivity, such as smartphones, streaming services, and internet. These digital ...

IML debuts income-focused ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... include BHP Group, CSL, Brambles, CBA, NAB and The Lottery Corporation. O'Neill said the fund fills that gap for retirees, giving them consistent income with lower volatility they can rely on. "It's becoming harder and harder for people to get ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... highest level of social benefits of any group and by 2050 they will account for 12.4% of the population. She said many retirees are still net savers after they retire and Australia's tax system treats households with the same income vastly differently. ...

Social isolation a top retirement fear: UniSuper

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... in retirement is deeply personal. This is a powerful reminder that one-size-fits-all solutions no longer serve today's retirees." He added that superannuation funds have the responsibility to create strategies that are "hyper-personalised" for diverse ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... retirement, such as single renters." Despite more work needing to be done, the research also found that middle and low-income retirees in the middle wealth group have been the biggest beneficiaries of compulsory super, with an extra $11,388 to spend ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... executive Misha Schubert commented that well-designed best practice principles and new transparency measures will help ensure retirees have access to great retirement solutions and exceptional service. "Hardworking Australians want retirement to be simple ...

Betashares launches equity high yield ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... conditions we have not seen at any other time in the last 50 years. This has serious implications for investors, particularly retirees, who rely on cash and shares for income. As a result, we're expanding our range of intelligent investment exposures ...