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The Coalition has reached a compromise to get its superannuation reform past its own party, but the changes will make it harder for women and older workers.
Business Briefing: Simon McKeon on removing the retirement label
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If we're all living longer, why shouldn't we be allowed to work longer? That's what Monash Chancellor Simon McKeon is arguing.
Giving rich households superannuation concessions is not justified according to new research which says these retirees spend as much as their poorer counterparts.
Budget superannuation changes redirect concessions to lower income earners where they are most needed.
Contrary to popular belief, retirees are more likely to enjoy a healthier lifestyle than their counterparts who remain in workforce.
Just 24% of those living in the poorest quarter of households support an increase in the Age Pension age.
The presidential candidates are largely ignoring one of the biggest economic issues facing Americans: more than half are struggling to save enough for retirement.
There’s a lot of focus on the physical and financial woes of former athletes. But players must also grapple with losing a core part of their identity.
The role of grandparents as the biggest providers of childcare is a huge blind spot in policy-making for workforce participation, childcare, early childhood education and retirement.
Out on a high, but what the road to retirement for top sports stars can be quite a come down.
Despite the government windfall on offer, changing the age at which people can access their super is likely to unfairly hit retirees with lower super balances.
As Wimbledon 2015 gets underway, the writing looks to be on the wall for Rafael Nadal. Will the Spaniard succeed where so many other top athletes have failed?
The superannuation sector argues it is competitive, but that doesn’t mean it’s efficient.
When your local butcher or grocer retires, it’s perfectly clear what this means. They are no longer there in the shop when you next go in. Someone else has taken over, or the shop has changed to another…
In this low-interest rate environment, people nearing retirement will have to re-think their investing strategy.
If we accept that the rich should subsidise the poor, then Gen Y should be subsidising the baby boomers.
The US Social Security system has been heading toward insolvency for decades, with the program now projected to run a 25% deficit by a little after 2030, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Despite…
It took about a decade to construct the cross-party consensus, and the support of trade unions and employers, that made automatic enrolment into private pension schemes a realistic prospect. The achievement…
The Abbott government’s deal with the Palmer United Party to freeze the minimum superannuation contribution rate at 9.5% until 2021 will not only cost retirees, it will also see future governments forced…
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