The Age Pension gets better Some things just get better with age. Some cheeses, great Australian red wines, and the Age Pension. How’s that, you ask More people are eligible at older ages. And many people move to a higher Age Pension as they age and spend down...
Jeremy Duffield
Jeremy Duffield is a senior player in the Australian and international financial services sectors, having served as a senior executive with leading global funds manager The Vanguard Group USA from 1980 to 2010.
He founded Vanguard’s operations in Australia and Asia, and led them from 1996 to 2010. Jeremy is Chairman of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and is a non-executive director of MLC, National Wealth Management and Plum Financial Services. He is a member of the Federal Government’s Australian Centre Financial Task Force and was previously a member of the Financial Sector Advisory Council and the Financial Literacy Foundation. He was also Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Council.
Your Retirement Journey
One of the things I like about Noel Whittaker’s latest book, Retirement Made Simple, is his description of retirement as a journey. “I think journey is the perfect word,” he says, “because it has the connotations of a desired destination and all sorts of...
Home owners are better off
The third in our series on the Government’s Retirement Income Review Home ownership gives retirees a big leg up in retirement, according to the government’s recently released Retirement Income Review. Retiree households who own their home face lower housing...