SimplyRetirement : News and Views

News and Commentary

Recent news and other articles of interest for individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.

• Turns out superannuation is a money-making dark art - SMH 7/8/18
• How multi-million-dollar property portfolio becomes liquidity trap for retirees - AFR 3/8/18
• How to get more into super before retiring - AFR 1/8/18
• Trust Me, I’m An Expert: what the huge HILDA survey reveals about your economic well-being, health and family life - The Conversation 31/7/18
• HILDA Survey reveals striking gender and age divide in financial literacy. Test yourself with this quiz - The Conversation 31/7/18
• How do I sort out my SMSF after my wife's death? - SMH 26/7/18
• How to protect your 'grandfathered' account-based pension - AFR 26/7/18
• BT Financial Group streamlines super, investment fees - AFR 24/7/18
• 'Remarkably resilient': Super funds outperform as Hostplus tops the league table - SMH 19/7/18
• Bank-run super customers left behind, no retail funds make the 'top 10' - ABC 19/7/18
• Why won’t retirees spend their superannuation? - In the Black 128/7/18
• Top regulators urge crackdown on 'high risk' funeral plans - SMH 18/7/18
• Westpac scraps new property lending to DIY super funds - SMH 17/7/18
• Passive savers hit as banks slice rates on deposits - Age 17/7/18
• If you're drawing an investment lesson, make sure it's the right one - Age 15/7/18
• Australian super system one of the world’s best - ASFA Media Release 14/7/18
• How to fix Australia's broken property market - SMH 9/7/18
• The taxes we pay come back to us - now or later - SMH 3/7/18
• SMSF advice needs significant improvement - ASIC Media Release 28/6/18
• How to get a $100,000 a year retirement income - AFR 28/6/18
• Vertical retirement villages are on the rise, and they’re high-tech too - The Conversation 27/6/18
• How superannuation discriminates against middle income earners - The Conversation 26/6/18
• Dodgy retirement villages targeted by NSW reforms - New Daily 26/6/18
• Australia sees lowest population growth in 13 years - New Daily 22/6/18
• Strategies for addressing the retirement shortfall - Australian 20/6/18
• Call to warn parents over guaranteeing kids' loans - Age 15/6/18
• Retirement incomes: how does Australia stack up? - AFR 12/6/18
• Scandal-plagued Dover Financial closes, as ASIC probe continues - AFR 12/6/18
• New SMSFs hit 10-year low as some call for knowledge test - AFR 8/6/18
• Do public servants receive too much superannuation? - Age 4/6/18
• Higher aged care costs are trade-off for government reverse mortgage - SMH 4/6/18
• Stop politicising Australians' retirement savings - AFR 4/6/18
• 'Transformative': the Turnbull reform that should happen but never will - SMH 2/6/18
• Productivity commission: why your super has been spoiled by too much choice - AFR 1/6/18
• Housing market posts first annual drop in 6 years, driven by Sydney and Melbourne - ABC 1/6/18