AGE PENSION
Editorial
The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...
Financial planning
GRAEME COLLEY sets out some case studies comparing the new Work Bonus with the Pension Bonus Scheme....
Financial planning
With changes due to be implemented to the rules surrounding access to the age pension, consumers are being urged to seek advice....
Financial planning
CAROLINE MUNRO reports on the pressing need for better retirement products, particularly in light of the growing longevity risk in Australia and the impact of the global ...
Financial planning
A former client of Storm Financial and Colonial First State has used his submission to a parliamentary inquiry to argue for after-cost reporting of investment performance...
Superannuation
The latest AMP Superannuation Adequacy Report has generated a surprise result suggesting that Australians are better prepared for retirement despite the global financial ...
Financial planning
An OECD report has revealed that Australian superannuation funds have been among the hardest hit in the world, magnifying levels of poverty among seniors....
Financial planning
A Challenger Group submission has argued that compelling Australian retirees towards annuities could relieve pressure on the Age Pension....
Editorial
With the Federal Budget having delivered little more than some revenue-oriented tinkering to the financial services environment, a good deal of attention is now being foc...
Superannuation
There were some hidden messages in the Rudd Government’s second Budget, not least of which was a clear signal that lifting the superannuation guarantee is off the agenda ...
Financial planning
The FPA has expressed disappointment that the Government has used superannuation to fund some Budget initiatives and has warned that tinkering would undermine confidence ...
Financial planning
Watson Wyatt managing director Andrew Boal warns that some of the tinkering with superannuation might ultimately place greater pressure on the age pension....
Financial planning
Under the Rudd Government's changes pensioners will have to wait longer to become eligible for payments, but while these will be more generous than the existing provision...
Financial planning
ASFA hoping most funds will be providing access to financial advice by 2014....
Financial planning
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged that the generous measures contained in the former Howard Government's 'better super' initiatives may...
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Podcast
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