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LUCRF Super ups premiums for older members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... by an even higher factor than default premiums, Rainmaker said the value of the death and TPD insurance decreases for most ages. "Around 30% decrease for 15-24 year olds and also about 30% for 60-64 year olds. It's generally less of an effect for ...

Frat house ponzi scheme charged

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... ponzi scheme that drained valuable resources from current and former students." "This is a reminder that investors of all ages and experience levels-whether long-time investors or recent graduates investing funds from their first few paychecks-should ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... three years of returns rejigged their default product to strategies that automatically adjust asset allocations as the member ages. More than half of these are retail funds, five are industry funds, four are public sector funds and two are corporate ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... to 2022-23 - was tempered by tighter means-testing, but noted aged care costs would still strongly grow as the population ages.

Qantas Super urges women take control of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... confidence at between 7 and 10, and that gender gap widens even further for younger women. Only 21% of women between the ages of 18 and 29 expressed confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement. Qantas Super chief executive Michael ...

Interest in early access to super rises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... early access. "In particular, many Australians don't realise they can access super early if they change jobs between the ages of 60 and 65, even if they continue working in a new job," AMP technical strategy manager John Perri said. "However, super benefits ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... Employers underwriting these schemes carry the investment risk associated with them and, as the defined benefit demographic ages, the investment horizon for these schemes shortens, Equip wrote in its latest annual report. It brings risk management of ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... environmental, social and governance factors. In fact, responsible investing is gaining popularity among planners of all ages, not just millennials." Separately, the research house has started measuring the brand impact and footprint of fund managers ...

Industry funds launch account matching initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... Eliminating multiple accounts could save a member $51,000 over members' entire working life, the report said. Between the ages of 18 and 25, members are likely to have two or more accounts. This finding is consistent with the widely held view that young ...

Super fund members satisfied but restless

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... According to the data, those who intend to leave their super fund in the coming year are primarily younger members. Between the ages of 18 and 34, 16% of the members expressed an intention to switch. The sentiment was largely driven by search for lower ...