retirement

Superannuation

Policy needs to adapt to longer retirement

ASFA warns policymakers need to pay attention to longer retirement periods as the Intergenerational Report touches on rising lifespans and retirement periods of Australia...

Editorial

A business approach to retirement

Craig Swanger looks at the retirement income dilemma and why SMSF trustees are starting to look to fixed income. ...

Financial planning

Centuria backs bond product with appointment

Centuria recruits BDM with internatioanl investment bond market experience....

Financial planning

Time to focus on draw down phase: Lonsec

With Baby Boomers closing in on retirement, the financial advice industry needs to shift its focus from accumulation to draw down, according to Lonsec Research....

Superannuation

Savings shortfall rampant among US women

Women in the US appear to find it much more difficult to start saving early much to the detriment of their retirement, with only a quarter starting saving from their 20s....

Superannuation

Where the twain shall meet

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

Superannuation

Australians unaware of retirement underfunding

Australians only have enough funds to sustain themselves for 10 years in retirement with many people unaware of the shortfall they may face....

Superannuation

Member servicing key under MySuper

SuperRatings believes member servicing will be vital as fee convergence takes place in superannuation funds under MySuper....

Editorial

How savvy advisers target SMSF clients

Instead of viewing SMSFs as competition to the advice sector, they should be seen as a lucrative market for advisers to tap into, as Tracy Williams explains. ...

Superannuation

FSI’s super recommendations a ‘clarion call for change’

The FSI final report’s recommendation that superannuation fund trustees be required to provide longevity protection represents a “retirement revolution”, according to Cha...

Editorial

Building prosperity with grey expectations

With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...

Funds management

Retirement income streams trapped between risk and returns

Retirees are trapped between low yielding cash and bonds and higher yielding equity markets that on average suffer 30 per cent drops with the funds management industry st...

Superannuation

ASIC makes retirement estimates safer

Towers Watson points to key retirement estimate benefits flowing from ASIC guidance....

Superannuation

Youth unemployment a challenge for Aussie workforce

Baby boomers’ retirements coupled with the high rate of unemployment among young Australians will see a significant ‘brain drain’ from the nation’s workforce, a new repor...