RETIREMENT INCOME

Superannuation

While strongly supportive of the Government’s proposals overall, robo-adviser SuperEd has expressed some strong reservations about Treasury’s Retirement Income Covenant....

Features

As Australians continue to live longer, the need for aged care continues to grow. Hannah Wootton looks at what advice financial planners can offer clients on aged care, w...

Superannuation

Qantas Super’s newly launched Retirement Confidence Index has reinforced that Australians largely do not feel confident about their ability to retire comfortably....

Tools & guides

As rules surrounding superannuation become more complex, advisers need to be conscientious to ensure that their clients do not suffer penalties, Peter Kelly writes....

Financial planning

New data has confirmed the degree to which the Government’s $1.6 million pension cap has choked flows into retirement income....

Expert Analysis

Chip Castille writes that the retirement system needs to change to more accurately reflect what retirement costs....

Expert Analysis

We need to broaden the conversation surrounding superannuation in Australia to better meet retirees’ needs, writes Jody Fitzgerald Beddoes....

Superannuation

Optimum Pensions has been founded by actuary David Orford to provide retirement solutions aimed at addressing longevity risk....

Financial planning

Senior Australians are putting the need to have an adequate retirement income ahead of leaving anything to their kids, according to new research....

Features

Mike Taylor writes that while other options may exist, annuitisation has become the preferred foundation for the development of Government approved retirement income prod...

Tools & guides

Minh Ly looks at modelling strategies to help advisers help clients understand how likely a desired spending level can be sustained during retirement....

Financial planning

Executives from research house Lonsec and equity investment specialist Martin Currie have said no one approach will fix the financial woes of an ageing population....

Tools & guides

David Barrett looks at what financial advisers need to understand now that the TTR changes come into place....

Features

The Government has moved further to facilitate the development of post-retirement products but, as Hope William-Smith reports, the provision of good advice will remain th...

People & Products

legalsuper has added Challenger's lifetime and fixed term annuities to its retirement products menu....

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