News : Retirement

Investments, Portfolio Construction, Retirement

SMSFs confident in navigating retirement

Decision-making in retirement is generally better embraced and managed by SMSF trustees compared to non-SMSF superannuants, an investment manager has said.

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Investments, Retirement

Hub24 platform to include Challenger annuities

Hub24 and Challenger have announced they are working together to provide Challenger annuities on the Hub24 platform for advisers and clients.

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Retirement

Behaviour the retiree spending driver

Retirement specialist Milliman has released new research suggesting falling retirement spending is the result of behavioural factors rather than declining incomes.

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ATO, Retirement, Superannuation

ATO rectifies market-linked pension anomaly

The ATO has announced a common-sense solution to the unintended consequences of its treatment of situations where a market-linked pension has been commuted and subsequently restarted in relation to an individual’s transfer balance cap.

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Retirement, Strategy, Superannuation

SMSFs need bonds – why portfolio allocation should change as you age

Portfolio allocation needs change over time. Do you still need a big house for your children? Do you want to move to be closer to family? Has your spending declined or increased? Have your retirement goals changed?

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Retirement, Superannuation

Super reforms cause ‘tectonic’ SMSF asset shift

The 2016 superannuation reforms have had a significant negative impact on SMSF pension assets and Labor’s proposal to reduce imputation credits for SMSFs would further punish self-funded retirees, according to Class.

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Retirement, Strategy, Superannuation

TBC may expose super benefits to unwanted parties

SMSF trustees who have had to roll back some of their fund assets from pension to accumulation phase to comply with the $1.6 million transfer balance cap may have inadvertently given access to a portion of their retirement savings benefits to unwanted parties upon death, according to a technical expert.

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ATO, Retirement, Superannuation

Timing of pension payments has ECPI implications

Advisers and their clients should be aware that the timing of pensions payments made throughout the year can have an effect on the level of exempt current pension income (ECPI) an SMSF can claim in a particular year, a superannuation technical expert has said.

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Investments, Retirement, Strategy

Dividend income tips for the new financial year

Pension-phase investors represent one fifth of Australia’s $2.5 trillion superannuation pool and many seek a regular investment income to supplement the government pension. Generating income is one of their top priorities and for their advisers too.

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ATO, Retirement, Superannuation

PC made SMSF findings despite flawed data

Jordan George

The Productivity Commission went ahead and made significant findings regarding SMSF returns and costs despite acknowledging problems with its “fundamentally flawed” data, an industry body has argued.

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