Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 10331 - 10340 of 18128 results for "superannuation"

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. ...

Invesco appoints new CEO from BT's ranks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... matter of fact: the ageing population. We can't put our heads in the sand," Turner told Financial Standard. If superannuation does not do what it is meant to - provide for people's retirement - the pressure on the Age Pension will be too great. "We can't ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Strong growth in superannuation in recent years does not help retirees whose accounts took a beating in the global financial crisis, according to Challenger chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper, who chaired the 2010 Super System Review ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a place to go when ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... other terms that matter, not only at ASIC's performance on the CBA case," Williams said. "There is $1.3 trillion in superannuation and a big proportion of it are self-managed super funds, so when someone does something wrong, they need to be jumped on ...

AIST calls for accuracy on product dashboard

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling for higher standards of accuracy on investment return estimates for the MySuper online product dashboard. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

UniSuper signs insurance deal with TAL

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
TAL will be providing insurance to UniSuper members from November 2013, the industry superannuation said today. The second largest insurance provider by market share in Australia has signed a three-year agreement with UniSuper after a tender process ...

Tyndall concentrated fund gets Zenith 'recommended' rating

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... teams manage approximately A$23 billion in funds on behalf of retail and institutional investors, private clients, superannuation funds and charitable trusts. Tyndall AM is owned by Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM), a leading asset management ...

Women without kids still at super disadvantage

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... of four different women - a nurse, a lawyer, a finance analyst and a retail worker - will likely impact on their superannuation earnings. "We found that these four women were earning between 44 per cent and 88 per cent of the superannuation of a male ...