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Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... a high risk to their retirement savings and, by extension, increase the risk of higher fiscal outlays through the Age Pension. Commenting on the report, SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "In 2019, our response to the CFR was that an ...

Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... pension retirees receive as they struggle to deal with the global economic challenges they are facing. In contrast, the Age Pension remains affordable for the government in Australia where, in aggregate, retirees on average have larger private retirement ...

Confidence in a 'comfortable' retirement nears lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... rising inflation. Investment Trends research director Dougal Guild commented: "In addition to relying on the government Age Pension, we are starting to see non-retirees making plans to reduce their spending and delay the start of their retirement in ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... and needs to be considered. "Mercer estimates that the tax concessions on a single $10 million SMSF could support 3.1 full Age Pensions," he said. He commented that multiple industry voices are backing the debate including former senior treasury official ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... retirement income reduces or even runs out?" The report settles that this may result in retirees falling back on the Age Pension, which is less than ASFA's comfortable standard of living. As an alternative, it prescribed investing in efficient and ...

Super education is professional development: ART

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... [of retirement] is like a dark art. When we talk to some of our employees, they're surprised that they're eligible for [the age] pension as they're well paid and have good super schemes," she said. "Showing them all the opportunities available to them ...

Ivanhoe Cambridge commits to Aussie student housing

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... accommodation market and the residential for rent sector more broadly." Ivanhoe Cambridge is the real estate division of Canadian pension fund CDPQ.

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... to see a drop from $3 to $2 per fortnight. "I recognise that would be a fairer system but would also increase the age pension bill which is not what the government is trying to do currently but it is something we've been advocating," Knox said. Another ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... essential services - such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), hospitals, aged care, medical benefits, Age Pension and defence - growing faster than the economy. These spending pressures have become even more pronounced since the election," ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... opportunities at scale can provide similar value to our 1.9 million members. "We represent more than one million Australians under the age of 35 who are decades from retirement, and more than one million women. We are always open to opportunities that ...