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Hands off super: SMSFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... issues of housing affordability, infrastructure funding, red tape and how to better integrate superannuation with social security policy, says superannuation underwent significant upheaval following the 2016 Budget and the recent passage of the Treasury ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... Retirement Thrift U.S. $485,575 4 National Pension South Korea $462,161 5 ABP Netherlands $404,310 6 National Social Security China $348,662 7 California Public Employees U.S. $306,633 8 Canada Pension Canada $235,790 9 Central Provident Fund Singapore ...

CFS reaches out to advisers via FirstTech app

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... digital enhancements to its FirstTech app, providing access to the latest information on superannuation, tax, social security and aged care. The app will be made available free to all advisers using CFS platforms, in versions for both Apple and Andriod ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... investment and insurance. It must detail how trustees intend to guide their members at retirement, including relevant social security implications for members with low account balances and those in poor health. Funds may develop longevity protection ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... consumers not the corporate sector. But offsetting this is a $70 billion infrastructure program, annual welfare and social security expenditure growing $35 billion over the next four years, annual health expenditure growing $9 billion and annual defence ...

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... retirement. "Australians are living far longer but still retiring in their sixties, putting considerable pressure on our social security system," Dundon said. "Retirees are underestimating how long they're going to live for and therefore running out ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... of superannuation." Orford then highlighted the key benefits of "a viable lifetime income stream": savings on social security, zero cost to government, income for "retirees who aren't investment wizards," legacy payments to children and an expansion ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... longer in their older years," Knox said. "Without changes to retirement ages and ages for eligibility to access social security and private pensions, there will be increasing pressure on global retirement systems to the detriment of the financial security ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... support and alleviate what would otherwise be a crippling weight on the public if much of the population relied on social security in retirement. This report comes as the second installment in a series of whitepapers from the investment manager showcasing ...

Kaplan launches adviser diagnostic tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... set at Advanced Diploma (AQF level 6). The assessment covers seven key knowledge areas: investments and markets, social security, financial strategies, taxation, legislation and compliance, superannuation and retirement income investments and life insurance ...