Deconstructing retirement income

Part one on October 16, Deconstructing retirement income, featured Peter Chun, Aware Super (previously First State Super), David Carruthers, Frontier Advisors and Deborah Ralston, Monash University. The session was chaired by Jeremy Cooper from Challenger.

This session addressed:

· The role of superannuation;
· Defining retirement adequacy;
· Outcomes from the Retirement Income Review;
· Structural deficiencies with Account Based Pensions, and;
· What this means for trustees

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‘The brain never retires’: Superannuation’s medical moment

Neurologist Professor Matthew Kiernan says a rewarding, fulfilling and dignified retirement has as much to do with what goes on inside a member’s head as it does with money. But with funds conditioned to focus on the financial aspects of retirement, issues such as brain health aren’t getting the recognition or support they need, and members are the potential losers.

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