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.

• Rapid rise in retirees with mortgage debt - SMH 21/10/18
• With a billion reasons not to trust super trustees, we need regulators to act in the public interest - The Conversation 19/10/18
• Seniors call for pension means test exemption - National Seniors 8/10/18
• Record number of older Australians in poverty, with switch to 'principal and interest' a struggle - ABC 16/10/18
• For the sake of our retirement savings, it’s time to reform the investment management boys’ club - The Conversation 16/10/18
• Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety - 11/10/18
• Good advice and policy certainty keys to retirement happiness - Money Management 11/10/18
• Why talking about retirement makes millennials mad - News.com.au 10/10/18
• Australia needs harmonised, simplified provision for retirement - CEDA 6/10/18
• Thinktank cautions SMSFs on retail property purchases - Money Management 26/9/18
• Super. If Labor really wanted to help women in retirement, it would do something else - The Conversation 22/9/18
• Six big players dominate Australia’s scandal-hit aged care sector - New Daily 19/9/18
• How market forces have failed the nation - Age 19/9/18
• Even the optimists are bracing for aged care carnage - SMH 18/9/18
• It’s hard to make money in aged care, and that’s part of the problem - The Conversation 18/9/18
• Scott Morrison announces royal commission into aged care sector - ABC 16/9/18
• PM calls royal commission into aged care after inexcusable 'failures' - Age 16/9/18
• 'Australia simply can't afford people retiring at 65' - Daily Mercury 12/9/18
• The great delusion of middle age - Age 12/9/18
• Retiring at 70 was an idea well ahead of its time - The Conversation 6/9/18
• Raising the retirement age would fix the budget, but would it be fair? - ABC 6/9/18
• What are the retirement ages around the world? - SBS News 5/9/18
• Not raising the pension age will encourage early retirement: experts - AFR 5/9/18
• How to boost your retirement savings in 7 easy steps - AFR 5/9/18
• Pension age change: Scrapping $5b plan the 'wrong thing to do' for Australia's future - SMH 5/9/18
• Banks taking 'tick-box' approach to reverse mortgage risks: ASIC - Age 29/8/18
• Frugal Australians go to extremes to save on health insurance - National Seniors 23/8/18
• Superannuation trustees should find long-term assets for their pensioners - The Conversation 21/8/18
• Chart of the day: When do people in your line of work retire? - ABC 16/8/18
• When choosing a nursing home, check the clothing and laundry - The Conversation 15/8/18
• How to generate annuity-style retirement returns from your SMSF - AFR 14/8/18
• 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