retirement income

We're delaying major life events, and our retirement income system hasn't caught up

25 Nov 2019

Josh Frydenberg's review of the retirement income system will have to consider the growing hole caused by our decisions to delay buying homes for longer and longer.

Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test

23 Oct 2019

Retirees who don't own their homes do awfully out of the pension. Here's a way to rebalance it.

Voluntary super: A good way to increase women's dependence on men

29 Jul 2019

Making super voluntary for low earners, as proposed by a Liberal senator, would leave more women vulnerable in old age.

UNSW Business School to examine reverse mortgages

11 Jun 2019

UNSW Business School is investigating how people decide whether a reverse mortgage is a good way to supplement their retirement income.

Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table

13 Oct 2017

Superannuation legislation currently before federal parliament has the potential to change the power structures in the finance industry, writes Anthony Asher.

The retirement years: Who is going to pay?

09 Jun 2015

Tax hikes or pension cuts? UNSW researchers weigh up different approaches to funding the needs of Australia's ageing population.