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Cost-of-living crisis will persist into future: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... 62% of the 6000 participants surveyed forced themselves to cut back on spending, while 36% sought to access the Age Pension for additional financial help. About one-third of respondents had a net household income of $1500 or less per fortnight and of ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... retirement incomes. Households with more financial assets at retirement are generally less likely to rely on the Age Pension for retirement income," the review said. "Less liquid wealth, such as housing, can also support people in retirement, providing ...

Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... circumstances change within the withdrawal period. Challenger also said it will deliver an immediate increase in age pension for certain asset tested retirees. In its FY20 results reported on August 13, Challenger Life - which includes annuities as well ...

SG below 10% fails super objective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... role in protecting against longevity risks. "An SG below 10% would result in median income earners relying on the Age Pension for most of their retirement income," Rice Warner said. "While this would provide a comfortable living standard for middle-income ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... franking credits should remain. Rice Warner executive director Michael Rice said: "The present value of the maximum Age Pension for a couple who retires at 65 today exceeds $800,000." He argues that, while most retirees will eventually become eligible ...

Pre-retirees fear longevity risk: AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... pre-retirees believe they will have saved enough for retirement. Most expect to rely more on superannuation than on the Age Pension for income in later years. The survey of AustralianSuper and non-AustralianSuper members shows pre-retirees believe they ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... which included a proposal backed by research. "Laura's recommendations included securing a 5% increase in the Age Pension for every year Australians continue to work and contribute to their superannuation beyond the pension age, without accessing the ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... all of this reform is a single comprehensive means test. She said it is something that has been argued for the Age Pension for a long time and there are a lot of incentives to gain in the Age Pension means test because the home is excluded among other ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... system is more than four decades away from maturity. The paper also says an interaction of superannuation and the Age Pension for people on low to middle incomes to boost retirement incomes is an intended outcome of the system. AIST chief executive Tom ...

$1m in super not enough: Cooper

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... the government pension. "It was really just to demonstrate... how much it would cost hypothetically to buy an age pension for the rest of your life," he told ABC Radio on Monday. If the bond rate was back to a pre-2013, 20-year average of 6% it would ...
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