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Retire mortgage debt with super: CPSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... bigger picture, according to the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA). Whether it's ideal or not, retirees are using superannuation payouts to clear mortgage debt, and the CPSA questions why the CPA regards this as intrinsically bad ...

Aust super system failing retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Australia is headed for a retirement savings disaster, with increasing numbers of baby boomers resorting to the aged pension after spending their entire superannuation to pay off debt, a CPA Australia study has shown. In light of the new study findings ...

Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Demographic and societal forces at work among retirees in Australia over the next decade will transform the concept of retirement, with huge implications for industries that service them such as super funds and financial advisers. These were the observations ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... eventually consume," he noted. However, Barnett said, following the GFC, people have become acutely aware of the need for pre-retirees and retirees to have the right safeguards in place to protect their savings. MLC Investment Protection is specifically ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... superannuation, announced in January, to prevent this savings deficit impacting the federal budget. He said this outcome will force retirees to depend on the Age Pension at a stage in their retirement when they may be faced with higher health and aged ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... only expected to climb to slightly more than 20% by mid century, not much more than it is now. But the proportion of retirees needing to claim a full age pension is expected to fall from about 60% now to about 40%. These results raise questions about ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... only expected to climb to slightly more than 20% by mid century, not much more than it is now. But the proportion of retirees needing to claim a full age pension is expected to fall from about 60% now to about 40%. These results raise questions about ...

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... to get too preoccupied by share price, but predicts the focus of capital asset models on capital value will change as retirees mark a preference for regular dividend flows over changes to share price as a consequence of buy-backs etc. "When they've got ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Challenger. This has forced them to re-evaluate some of their fundamental retirement income strategies, she added. Still making retirees and advisers uncomfortable is the core issue of what happens if the investor dies earlier than expected, said Sean ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... regular inflation. The index, measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tries to capture changes in living costs for retirees and pensioners compared to those for the rest of the community. It was developed because of concerns retirees' costs ...

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