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RETIREMENT INCOME

Superannuation

Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reconfirmed that there is still a “significant disparity” between retirement incomes for men and wo...

Superannuation

Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision not to proceed with increasing the Age Pension access age to 70 as “a big win for older Austral...

People & Products

Challenger and HUB24 have announced that the former’s annuities should be available to advisers and clients on the platform by the 2019 financial year....

Funds management

Plato Investment Management has started an online petition to maintain Australia’s dividend imputation system, warning that proposed changes will discriminate against sel...

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....

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