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ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) and Super Consumers Australia (SCA) to increase their retirement standards. According to ASFA, the annual expenditure needed to reach its comfortable retirement standard rose 0.5% in the June quarter ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... issue, taking into consideration a retiree's asset base and age. The rule comes as ASFA releases its updated retirement standards for the quarter, which shows a single person aged around 65 needs to spend $27,913 to achieve a modest lifestyle. For a ...

SMSFs can meet aspirational lifestyle: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... while singles in SMSFs are on track to achieve lifestyles worth $65,300, easily clearing ASFA's comfortable retirement standards. "However, our previous research has shown that many SMSF trustees are hoping to achieve more affluent lifestyles in retirement ...

Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... questions must be answered: Will more super reduce future pension costs to government and how much better would retirement standards be with more super? "The last Intergenerational Report showed around 80% of people would take a public pension in 2055. ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... Retirement Income Projector (GRIP) modelling which found Australians retire in much more comfort than the retirement standards set by the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) suggest. The Grattan Institute uses the modelling to argue for scrapping ...

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... retirement savings of members engaged with digital advice showed about 70% are tracking comfortably toward ASFA's Retirement Standards. "If you compare that to market data out there, it's actually quite a high percentage...Funds with digital advice are ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... retirement savings ($58,444). This is based on the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) retirement standards released in March 2015, although ASFA recently updated the standards. Take away the Age Pension though and couples are only ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... important for retirees," he said. Mercer acknowledged the benefit of universal yardsticks such as ASFA's Retirement Standards, but believes its absolute nature makes it inherently unable to account for the subjective nature of adequacy and differentiating ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... stresses on government budgets, it's quite possible that Australia may be headed into a perfect storm where retirement standards may fall. "This is a problem which needs to be addressed urgently and before too many Australians become reliant on governments ...

Retirement savings only last a few years

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... was supposedly achieved, Australian women should not find themselves in the position where gender dictates retirement standards. "As the report highlights, pay equity is a major issue in Australia, it affects women not only in their working lives, but ...
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