RETIREMENT
Superannuation
After you’ve clocked up a few years in the workforce, those fantasies about driving off into the sunset seem to come up a lot more frequently. But if the federal governme...
Superannuation
Over 50 per cent of baby boomers believe they are only “somewhat ready” in terms of their financial preparations for retirement, with another 20 per cent saying they were...
Superannuation
Fewer working Australians than last year believe their savings will be sufficient to fund their retirement, according to a new survey....
Superannuation
One in every two Australians aged under 45 are worried about financing their retirements, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Austra...
Financial planning
The launch of reverse mortgage products into the Australian market could offer individuals without significant super savings the opportunity to create an income stream in...
Superannuation
With the baby boomer generation now entering retirement, or certainly looking down the gun barrel, the focus on retirement income streams, by both the government and fina...
Financial planning
Women continue to be at a significant disadvantage to their male counterparts when it comes to superannuation, according to financial planning firm Bridges....
Financial planning
A SIGNIFICANT cultural shift is underway in our attitudes towards retirement....
Superannuation
Financial planners are being invited to help bridge the retirement savings gap faced by many ageing Australians and educate them as to the reality, in terms of reasonable...
Superannuation
Australians are becoming more realistic as to the level of savings required to fund a reasonable quality of life in retirement, with one in three recent retirees not havi...
Financial planning
Almost two thirds of baby boomers do not have financial plans or have a financial planner with nine out of 10 confident of their own financial knowledge according to a su...
Superannuation
Even with all the bad news in the market, Ben Abbott reports that it might not be a bad time for clients to retire....
Superannuation
The sad truth is that many clients will not be able to retire when they want to. Mike Taylor reports....
Superannuation
The majority of older working Australians have given little or no thought to planning for retirement according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank....
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