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FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... confidence in the system. The government will facilitate super trustees pre-selecting CIPRs products for members. National Seniors Australia chief executive, Michael O'Neill, said the need for retirement income and superannuation reforms needs to be ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... future retirement saving," Chapman said. "Nevertheless, even many of the superannuation lobby groups, as well as National Seniors, are now acknowledging that change may be inevitable. The Labor party has already committed to it, and the Liberals may ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill believes that under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the debate over older Australians should shift from cost to contribution. Alongside 11 representatives from organisations across Australia, O'Neill ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... pre and post-retirement was highlighted in a recent State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Rice Warner report - The Australian Retirement Vision Survey. SSGA head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific, Jonathan Shead03, says the report identified a ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... sustainable retirement incomes, productivity growth, workforce participation, fiscal policy, and tax reform. National Seniors chief executive, Michael O'Neill, sat on the retirement incomes panel at the summit and said a challenge will be maintaining ...

Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
About one-fifth of retired seniors have kept their savings invested in shares post the global financial crisis (GFC) according to a study by National Seniors Australia and Challenger. The study was based on survey responses of about 2000 retirees, of ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... employers want people who have seen it all before." Championing the social and economic utility of older Australians, National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said, ""This is the wealthiest cohort of retirees in history. They will be customers ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... July, the government used its regulatory powers to modify aspects of the laws, raising the ire of consumer advocates, seniors and industry superannuation funds. They argued the changes reduced protection from dodgy financial advice. At the time, the ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJC), Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) argued for the introduction of a national exam for new and existing financial advisers ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... always remember that when one person receives an entitlement from the government it comes out of the pocket of another Australian. Since coming to office, we have carefully and methodically looked at all areas of government spending. The Government has ...