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Pensions reform is badly needed in the UK – but the realities of work in the 21st century are often ignored.
Turning 65 in 2016 doesn’t mean the same thing as hitting 65 in 1916. So why are we still using a population aging measure that was developed a century ago?
South Africa’s finance minister delivered a good mix of macro and micro-economic strategies to ensure the country survives economic uncertainty, restores confidence and achieves some growth.
Germany’s oddly slapdash way of managing welfare for the elderly is pricking the bubble of economic stability.
Investors are encouraged to make bad financial decisions from the way that saving products are marketed. New research shows that fixing this is a can of ugly worms.
How today’s policy around savings and pensions has worrying echoes of failed 19th century approaches.
Baby boomers have benefited from a golden age in pensions that that will almost certainly never return.
Let’s face facts. Behavioural finance shows you are not to be trusted with your retirement planning.
A “triple lock” election commitment to keep taxes down is just pushing the pursuit of revenue into other areas – with the threat of more to come.
Instant reaction from academics as George Osborne delivers his post-election budget.
In a system where the age pension is designed to be needs-based, a strong asset test seems like an appropriate tax on the practice of bequeathing assets like superannuation to the next generation.
Keeping taxes lower and protecting the government services most dear to our hearts has huge implications for everyone.
The government and the Greens have struck a deal to pass tougher eligibility arrangements for the pension.
The government’s inconsistent approach to pensioners who save is distorting behaviour, but there is a solution.
The government has dropped plans to index age pensions to CPI and opted instead to tighten income and assets test. These are welcome changes but more needs to be done.
Part-pensioner couples who own their own home and assets worth more than about A$800,000 are expected to lose their part-pension altogether, under proposals in the federal budget.
A crackdown on the pension assets test will save the budget A$2.4 billion over the forward estimates, the government says.
Playing the slogan game might degrade the political debate, but it worked alright for Tony Abbott – so now Bill Shorten’s launched into it ahead of the May budget. Labor has unveiled its “Mr Abbott. Don’t…
The chancellor has announced a voter-friendly annuity escape plan. But just how much freedom this gives pensioners should be questioned.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Principal Lecturer in Finance, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Research Chair and Professor of Finance, Leicester University School of Business, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Accounting and Financial Management, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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