It would be great to believe we are all born equal. Unfortunately, gender inequality in the Australian workforce impacts income and superannuation outcomes. On March 8th International Women’s Day is all about #EachforEqual. Aimed to drive change towards a more equal and …
The Aussie branch of international consulting firm Mercer recently released new Retirement Readiness Index stats for 2016[i]. This index takes data from all the super funds that Mercer works with through its Retirement Readiness Index platform, to give an overview …
A recent report * revealed that around 690,000 working Australians aren’t getting the super they’re entitled to. That’s 7% of the workforce. And this number is expected to rise – between 2013 and 2023, around 4.4 billion dollars of super …
We wax lyrical about superannuation being a ‘long-term’ investment, but are we barking up the wrong tree? Is the nature of superannuation and our description of it the very thing that’s preventing most of us from taking an interest early …
One of the greatest fears of many of us is that we won’t have enough money for a comfortable retirement. But far from money running out in retirement, research from the CSIRO has suggested that the majority of retirees are …
According to Industry Super Australia, nearly half of retiring Australians won’t have enough superannuation to live comfortably.
A grey nomad with no fixed address sounds fun – the beach, fishing, the campfire. But the reality is many retired people won’t be able to afford this lifestyle.
With the recent release of the 2015 Intergenerational Report (IGR), we are yet again reminded of our ageing population and the financial implications this will have on us all. We are all living longer, and with more than 40,000 Australians …
