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Pre-retirees understand super's objective

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
More than 80% of pre-retirees are expecting superannuation to be the source of their retirement income, highlighting senior Australians are conscious of super's objective. A recent survey commissioned by Challenger, and conducted by the National Seniors ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... the more personal primary objective would be supported by three high-level objectives of adequate levels of retirement income, relieving pressure on the Aged Pension and increasing national savings. The SMSF Association has backed the FSI's recommendation ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... dignified retirement," Smartt said. The institute said rather than a target percentage as an adequate level of retirement income, a better approach would be to target a dollar amount which is determined after taking into account the after-tax income ...

SME owners urged to streamline their retirement exit strategies

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... their businesses, with 66% planning to use the profits from selling their businesses as their primary source of retirement income. Despite this, only 12% have a documented succession and exit strategy in place. Specialist SME business consultancy GSE ...

Super needs consolidation: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... is one of three shifts needed to improve retirement choice for Australians. On top of consolidation and more retirement income options that provide an income for life, Walsh said the industry needs to simplify super and "better help our customers to ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Labor has named three key benchmarks that it will use to analyse the Federal Government's superannuation policy, arguing that the government needs to put its policy on the table for fair evaluation. Speaking at the FSC BT Political Breakfast series ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... health and physical abilities" (23% for both). More than half of respondents (53%) expected to derive personal retirement income from "superannuation/annuity/allocated pension". US consumer confidence A rebound on Wall Street and a more dovish Fed pushed ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Federal Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said Labor will soon announce its priorities for retirement incomes so voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top ...

Mercer calls for total retirement income perspective

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... invitation for industry consolidation to define the objectives but hopes the objectives will be defined with a total retirement income perspective and long term view in mind. Mercer senior partner, David Knox argued that for the objectives to be defined ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... industry needs to do much better "at helping retirees understand how super works with the age pension to provide retirement income." He said mounting speculation about quick fix super changes in the federal budget leaves the AIST disappointed. "There ...