Retirement Articles

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TREVOR HARRIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Rainmaker's professional standards officer Trevor Harris runs through some of the tax benefits and pitfalls of transition to retirement pensions. Read more
CATHERINE NANCE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Catherine Nance has a thorough look at how those now approaching retirement age will reshape the financial services industry. Read more
Anthony Asher
ANTHONY ASHER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
As Australia's population reaches unprecedented levels of longevity, UNSW's Anthony Asher addresses some of the associated risks and proposes some controversial solutions. Read more
Aaron Minney
JEREMY COOPER , AARON MINNEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Challenger's Jeremy Cooper and Aaron Minney take a look at the retirement phase of superannuation, advocating the inclusion of longevity protection products in addition to the standard account based pensions. Read more
LESTER WILLS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Intuitively the answer to this question would appear to be yes as unlike many other countries around the world, Australia operates a mandatory retirement savings scheme called the Superannuation Guarantee (SG). As a result, Australia is in a better ... Read more
ROSALYN DEVRIES  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the intentions of employees working within the Australian higher education sector towards the retirement transition process. Work and non-work variables associated with retirement transition were explored ... Read more
CHRIS PEARCE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JAN 2009
Self managed superannuation has proven to be a very successful concept, which continues to grow at a rapid rate. The Coalition strongly supports SMSFs as we believe in choice, and self managed superannuation provides a vehicle for Australians to determine ... Read more
GEOFF DUNSFORD , DARREN WICKHAM  |  THURSDAY, 1 JAN 2009
One major aspect of the Age Pension system is its impact on retirement incomes generally, and the needs they are required to satisfy. We are told that our Three Pillars policy is the envy of many countries, but in practice Australia does not actually ... Read more
DARREN WICKHAM  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008
Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. As a period of leisure it is even more novel. Increasing lifespans and low birth rates mean that retirement is becoming less affordable. Retirement now means decades of government funded leisure (funded through ... Read more
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