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Aveo offers alternatives to its 'Aveo Way' retirement village contract

Aveo offers alternatives to its 'Aveo Way' retirement village contract

Aveo is following moves by competitors Lendlease and Stockland to offer greater choice to the aged care market.

  • by Rachel Lane

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Royal commission prompts Australians to switch super funds
Superannuation

Royal commission prompts Australians to switch super funds

The banking royal commission is cultivating a super switching culture that could have a major impact on super fund memberships in the coming year, new research reveals.

  • by Nina Hendy
The easy way to consolidate your super
Opinion
Superannuation

The easy way to consolidate your super

Increasingly myGov is the single source of truth when it comes to super.

  • by Catherine Robson
Industry funds to auto-consolidate smaller accounts
Superannuation

Industry funds to auto-consolidate smaller accounts

Industry funds have agreed to co-operate in a move that would save the typical member with multiple accounts $260 a year.

  • by John Collett
Mick, with a crook back, welcomes backdown on age pension
Pension

Mick, with a crook back, welcomes backdown on age pension

Workers in physically-demanding jobs are the biggest winners from the government's back down on increasing the age pension age.

  • by John Collett & Peter Bateman
Win for common sense in Pension Loans Scheme rules
Retirement living

Win for common sense in Pension Loans Scheme rules

A new determination from the Department of Health will help consumers who do not want to – or can’t – borrow money to fund their aged care through banks or financial institutions.

  • by Rachel Lane
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Should you be running a self-managed super fund?
Opinion
SMSFs

Should you be running a self-managed super fund?

Looking after someone else’s money is a responsibility that can turn unpleasant when relationships do too.

  • by Marcus Padley
Where to now for superannuation?
Analysis
Banking royal commission

Where to now for superannuation?

The biggest questions to emerge from the banking royal commission's look at the $2.6 trillion superannuation industry are for the trustees and the regulator.

  • by John Collett
How life insurance in super discriminates against women
Analysis
Life insurance

How life insurance in super discriminates against women

Life insurance is another example of how the odds are stacked against women trying to save for retirement.

  • by Elana Benjamin
You need to know how to avoid an aged care OMG letter
Aged-care

You need to know how to avoid an aged care OMG letter

The rules around your assets need to be carefully managed.

  • by Rachel Lane
Women: we need to talk about your money choices
Regulation

Women: we need to talk about your money choices

Kate Ritchie is one of the prominent Australians fronting a new campaign to get women thinking about their future.

  • by Cathie Armour