superannuation

new complex of apartment buildings under construction

A new funding model would see large-scale institutional investors finance much-needed social and affordable rental housing.

100-dollar notes in a pile

Commonwealth Bank data shows the Australians who withdrew super spent more, but paid down their debt.

Three colourful houses with blue sky

With the federal election only days away, debate is raging over the major parties’ housing affordability schemes.

Aerial view of a typical suburb in Australia

Regulators need to take action to prevent older Australians from borrowing against their superannuation to upgrade their housing and help rein in unsustainable property prices.

Thoughtful senior woman holding document smiles into the distance

While changes in the 2021 Federal Budget make the Pension Loans Scheme more attractive for senior homeowners, more can be done, write UNSW Sydney experts.

ASX stock market prices

Our super funds could have cleaned up when the market crashed 40% and then rebounded by about as much. That they didn't says a lot about how hard it is to time trades.

Withdrawing $10,000 from your super means that you could be selling assets in a falling market.

Taking money out of your super can come at a high cost which is not apparent until much further down the track, says a UNSW expert.

A three-day trial for this landmark court case has been scheduled to commence on 20 July 2020 in Sydney.

Is the next shake-up to Australia’s superannuation industry just around the corner?

stages of life

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.

superannuation

The inquiry will find we force workers to sacrifice income, pay tens of billions in super tax concessions, and still pay out one in every ten dollars of government earnings on pensions.

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