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Retirement Income Covenant closer to materialising

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... digital economy Jane Hume said the Retirement Income Covenant gives retirees the confidence to spend their superannuation savings, while enabling choice and competition in the retirement phase of superannuation. "The Retirement Income Covenant will support ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... to buy a house. "There is widespread agreement among housing experts that encouraging people to raid their retirement savings for a deposit will simply increase house prices," ISA said. "This is because the resulting additional demand for housing will ...

AMP North reduces fees, adds options

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... for individuals also reduced by $400 and for families by $500 per year. "These brokerage fee reductions provide valuable savings for North clients investing in listed securities on the platform," AMP Australia director of platforms Edwina Maloney said. ...

Why advisers must understand Retirement Income Covenant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... must maximise retirement income, manage risks to the stability of that retirement income and ensure flexible access to savings during retirement. Essentially, Cooper explained, financial advisers will have to think about the principals for retirement ...

BlackRock warns against reforms based on assumptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... the approach taken overseas. Further, this would abruptly impose direct costs and restrictions on Australians and their savings for an unproven consumer or market outcome."

AMP reduces super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Members of AMP's super products will see savings across both administration and investment fees from October, with some set to make significant savings. As a result of consolidating its superannuation products from 11 to three, AMP's MySuper ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... director Libby Lyons, arguing that paying super on parental leave is the most practical way to address the gap in super savings between men and women. ISA analysis of enterprise agreements shows less than 7% include a provision to pay super on paid parental ...

AustralianSuper ups stake in WestConnex

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... investment in WestConnex benefit our 2.4 million members through the investment returns it generates on their retirement savings, it also contributes to better transport outcomes that benefit the NSW economy and the broader Sydney community that drive ...

Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... funds on the real-world impacts of how the sector's control of $760 billion in Australian citizens' retirement savings impacts competition within the Australian market." He said regulators have questioned the consequences of common ownership ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... vaccine rollout could enable a faster reopening and a rapid pick-up of household consumption, given the stock of excess savings," the OECD said. "On the other hand, were significant COVID-19 outbreaks to occur in other states, then the economic shock ...