14 December 2009 | Deborah Wixted looks at ways to help your clients hit their retirement savings target.
15 July 2009 | New research shows that one in four self-funded retirees are being forced to return to work as a result of losses to their retirement savings.
18 March 2009 | The number of working Australians who say they will rely on superannuation as their main source of retirement income has dropped.
18 March 2009 | The number of working Australians who say they will rely on superannuation as their main source of retirement income has dropped.
3 March 2009 | Recommendation 'integral' to retirement system.
11 December 2008 | Government releases Australia’s Future Tax System Review report.
8 December 2008 | Review panel should examine barriers to new risk-protecting products.
6 February 2007 | Australians have changed their attitude towards their financial futures with 34 per cent of workers now having a good idea of their projected retirement income, the 2007 AXA Retirement Scope study has revealed.
3 May 2001 | Despite its best efforts, the baby boom generation is growing old. The implications are dramatic. The largest group of people in history is moving into the traditional retirement age. We need to start thinking, and acting, now.
25 May 2000 | Case study
Let's consider a potential client, Marlene aged 58, who's looking for your guid-ance in establishing a retirement income.
14 October 1999 | The changes to retirement income streams put in place by the Federal Government on September 20 last year was met with a short-lived flurry of activity.
1 April 1999 | Reforms to the treatment of retirement income products have not gone far enough, according to the Association which fought hard for the latest changes.
18 March 1999 | The Financial Planning Association is developing a concerted campaign to put retirement income issues on the Federal Government's agenda. Here, Michael McKenna puts the case for a full enquiry into what could turn out to be one of the government's biggest headaches in the new millennium.