The federal budget has neglected retirees who had hoped to receive more income through a more lenient tapering of their asset test, a pension expert says.

Self-funded retirees have been given no support in the budget to offset income losses caused by the impact of COVID-19.

The long-awaited Retirement Income Review will address myths about superannuation and is likely to be released after the federal budget.

Allianz Retire+ has announced the launch of its retirement income product, Future Safe, on the Hub24 platform.

Longevity risk will be playing a bigger part in retirement planning as the latest Australian Government Actuary data has indicated morality rates among Australians are continuing to fall.

Knowing what a successful retirement looks like to a client and having measures to determine whether these objectives have been achieved are critical to formulating a prudent strategy for this stage of life, a technical specialist has said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a dip in the cost of living for retirees, the latest ASFA Retirement Standard has revealed.

The debate on how to fund retirement income needs to focus on adequacy issues first, while keeping in mind it is wholly funded by taxpayers.