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Planners welcome comms ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... provide streamlined advice delivery around particular transactions or needs like super switching and transition to retirement," said Peker.

Provisio targets intra-fund advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... members, he said. The software will support optimisation of contributions, insurance, investment choice and transition to retirement, which now all fall under the scope of the intra-fund advice rules. It will also extend the way in which advice can be ...

Intra-fund advice to affect 20 per cent of planning revenues

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... maintain these clients, advisers will need to be able to offer "transactional" advice around areas such as transition to retirement, contributing to super, investment choice, and insurance, in a much more efficient process. This requires increasing profitability ...

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... super into different time horizons and invest it accordingly," he said. Another option is to start a Transition to Retirement pension and take the minimum pension so that they can start to reduce their mortgage sooner rather than later. And on the positive ...

VISSF appoints mandate with State Trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... increasing VISSF member feedback that showed they were looking for more advice on long-term planning, transition to retirement, salary sacrifice arrangements and changes to legislation pertaining to super and pensions. Others were also seeking direction ...

Lutheran Super enters pension market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... at the end of March according to Rainmaker Information, now offers members an account based pension or transition to retirement income stream in their pension division. Members will need to have at least $50,000 as an initial investment to access these ...

Decimal targets super intra-fund advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... home address is already pre-populated. This means the member can instantly investigate income insurance, transition to retirement strategies and co-contributing to the fund. The technology allows members to save their progress at anytime and then pick-up ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... still struggle with basic superannuation terms, new research shows. A new survey by Suncorp showed that transition to retirement strategies and management expense ratio number among the top 10 most misunderstood super terms among Australians. The others ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... income assets taper rate, temporarily reduce the co-contribution scheme, and yet still hold in place the transition to retirement rules and protect dividend imputation came as welcome relief. The big news for superannuation however is the shifting emphasis ...

TRIS creates confusion: Partners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
The introduction of Transition to Retirement Income Streams (TRIS) created more "early access" traps, according to Partners Superannuation Services. The implementation of tax-free benefits means those over 60 years of age and withdrawing a pension no ...