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Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Super, Statewide Super, Club Plus Super and HESTA. The median return seen was 0.8%. Finally, the top five retirement products were NGS Income Stream, First Super Allocated Pensions, Equip Pensions, Club Plus Pension and Statewide Super Pension. The overall ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... Productivity Commission says in the final report. Treasury has already extended the deadline on Comprehensive Income Retirement Products to July 2022, and most super funds have done very little work on it. The key point of the Retirement Income Covenant ...

Superannuation fund introduces fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
A $3.6 billion public offer fund has made a number of fee changes to its superannuation and retirement products. WA Super has ceased charging an $80 exit fee and $80 withdrawal fee for its Retirement Solutions product from 5 November 2018. Members can ...

Retirement income covenant consultation continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... information. They would not replace or remove the need for funds to provide PDSs and would be required for all retirement products," the paper said. Following the consultation process, consumers will partake in a trial to test the design and content ...

Industry dubious about one regulatory body: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... enforce the Banking Executive Accountability Regime if it is breached. This week's poll asks: Will post-retirement products gain more adviser traction in 2019 ?

New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... Mortality, comes in response to the Australian government's decision to stimulate industry development of post-retirement products. David Orford's firm Optimum Pensions is launching a lifetime annuity with an insurer taking on the longevity risk ...

Maximising retirement planning in an era of volatility

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... to actively managed funds whereby some meet objectives but others don't. Some of the benefits of newer retirement products are that they are "insurance-type" products, he said, noting they have a predetermined outcome and introduce an element of ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... gain more time to adjust to new requirements under the retirement income covenant and produce higher quality retirement products. This will lead to better outcomes for superannuation fund members," he said. There are five Bills that affect member outcomes ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... Weaven added. The three-day investment conference will also focus on operational due diligence and designing retirement products.

SMSFs too conservative: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... sufficient explanation because performance benchmarks regularly achieved by NFP and retail super funds shows retirement products (due the concessional tax treatment relative to accumulation pre-retirement products) outperform pre-retirement products ...