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Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... has concluded, but Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray argues it must be removed from political intervention. The new paper, 'For Richer or Poorer', analyses for the first time the role superannuation plays for Australians in different age and ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... in the 2015 Budget were targeted at "liquid millionaires" claiming government assistance, but some industry figures say the new rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According to a 1,500-member AustralianSuper poll, 78% of workers ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... test by requiring home-owning pensioners to take out a reverse mortgage, says the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) in a new report. While it's unlikely the government will take the advice, the report is significant because the CIS's credentials as ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... arrangements by superannuation funds. Improving efficiency during accumulation: Introduce a formal competitive process to allocate new default fund members to MySuper products, unless a review by 2020 concludes that the Stronger Super reforms have been ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Govt confirms SG delay, kills LICS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... superannuation guarantee (SG) were contained in draft legislation to repeal the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT). Under the new plans, the SG will rise from the current 9.25% to 9.5% from 1 July 2016, rising thereafter in gradual 0.5% increments each ...

SMSF sector to blitz competition by 2017

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... superannuation concessions for people earning $300,000 pa although the superannuation industry has said administering these new arrangements will be expensive because funds will have to monitor income levels of individual members and impose differential ...

CareSuper cuts income protection premiums

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... secured improved insurance premium rates for income protection cover through CommInsure. The $4.5 billion fund has listed its new prices on its website with all members earning over $16,000 per annum, eligible to apply. "Income protection is an important ...