AGE PENSION
Superannuation
With an estimated $330 billion set to flow out of the accumulation phase over the next decade, superannuation funds will have to offer annuity products if they want to re...
Superannuation
Cavendish Superannuation says recent changes mean it is time for SMSF trustees to review their pension options....
Financial planning
The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....
Superannuation
The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....
Financial planning
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
Financial planning
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
Financial planning
The Australian annuities market is tipped to reach $2 billion by the end of the 2011 calendar year, making it the biggest-selling year for annuities since 2004, according...
Superannuation
SMSFs need to start focusing on the challenges of post-retirement, according to David Lees, general manager - superannuation and investments for the BT Financial Group....
Financial planning
Financial advisers will still need to be very cautious in recommending reverse mortgages to their senior clients, despite the proposed protections around this product. An...
Superannuation
A roundtable of industry experts has suggested the Government's Stronger Super changes have been weakened by the absence of an answer on concessional contributions....
Superannuation
The financial planning industry has welcomed the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent....
Policy & Regulation
IOOF warns FOFA changes may have unintended consequence of placing pressure on age pension....
Editorial
The appropriate mix of retirement products combined with the age pension should provide certainty, growth and access to capital at a level suitable to each client. Rachel...
Superannuation
The Government should amend the tax system to help Australians build their retirement savings, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said ...
Financial planning
The gap between the Newstart allowance and the age pension is rapidly increasing, placing Australians who are at the bottom of the ladder in serious financial stress, acc...
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