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MTAA launches transition to retirement investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
MTAA Super has launched an investment option targeted at investors who are close to or transitioning to retirement, but want to retain some exposure to growth assets. The Income Focussed Option includes a 40% allocation to equities, 22.5% invested in ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The family home should be brought into the pension income test by requiring home-owning pensioners to take out a reverse mortgage, says the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) in a new report. While it's unlikely the government will take the advice ...

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Australian investors are coy about putting their money to work both overseas and locally according to global asset manager Legg Mason. Although weighted averages suggest investor confidence in Australia is high, it appears investors in the lucky country ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the clock is ticking for the industry to implement the recommendations in the Trowbridge report. Alex Burke investigates what that might mean for risk advice. "It is up to the industry now to restore public confidence ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The great quantitative easing experiment has escaped the high levels of inflation that many experts predicted it would bring, but it has also failed to bring much growth, says Janus Capital chief investment officer of equities and asset allocation Enrique ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The Future Fund ranked worst in managing climate change risk, along with three other top superannuation funds in Australia, an Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) global survey revealed. REST, Telstra Super, Super SA, Asgard and GESB also received ...

Buffett insurer gains Australia licence

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Warren Buffett-owned global speciality insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has received its licence to provide insurance to the Australian market. BHSI will commence Australia operations immediately in its Sydney office and has appointed ...

PIMCO sees opportunity in EU bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Low bond yields in Europe could be a buying opportunity even if the situation in Greece adds volatility to the market, PIMCO chief investment officer of asset allocation and real return Mihir Worah said. Worah presented PIMCO's long term outlook and ...

TAL pays out $1bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Life insurance payouts at TAL increased by 12.3% to $948 million during 2014. In a recent announcement TAL said majority of claims were taken out to help people while still living and that payment in the event of a death now accounts for 47.4% of benefits ...

PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
You do not go from running a team of six to 3,000 and become Australia's largest financial advice company in the space of 15 years without a solid business strategy. Yet for Findex chief executive Spiro Paule, a self-confessed entrepreneur, the strategy ...