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Mercer stress tests retirement

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
Mercer has launched a new retirement calculator to help members 'stress test' their superannuation. The calculator models the impact that share market volatility or a career break will have on an individual's retirement savings and income. Mercer's ...

Budget underwhelms planning groups

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Financial planning groups have applauded tax discounts on savings and higher super guarantee payments, but most don't expect the Federal Budget's announcements will heavily impact client strategies. The Rudd Government's Federal Budget announced last ...

Legalsuper member contributions rise

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Legalsuper has seen its voluntary member contributions increase by 6 per cent for the previous year - a stark contrast to APRA figures that show contributions plummeting almost 40 per cent across the industry over the same period. In total, legalsuper ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Super funds are racing to get the government's rubberstamp on intra-fund advice relief - with AvSuper, Plum and HESTA among those that already offer, or about to offer, the expanded advice service to their members. AvSuper received the authorisation ...

GESB reaches $10b milestone

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... Michelle Dolin, chief executive of GESB. A major contributor to the growth has been above market median voluntary contribution rates, she said. "GESB's size and scale and the synergies we are able to drive from managing administration, member services ...

Add $5,000 to your super: MTAA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... competition to encourage members to consolidate their superannuation accounts into the fund. It is also promoting voluntary contribution, with members who pump more funds into their super standing a chance to win the $5,000. Entry forms must be received ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Elizabeth Broderick, sex discrimination commissioner, has criticised the Henry Review and Harmer Pension Review for failing to address the superannuation gap for women. Speaking at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible ...

Intra-fund advice relief opens super funds to lawsuits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Super funds run the risk of giving their fund members damaging financial advice if they don't address the "hidden traps" that come with the new intra-fund advice rules, warns a planning expert. Last month the federal government endorsed ASIC's decision ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
Australians can access superannuation-related financial advice more easily under regulatory changes announced yesterday, but the industry is split between those that believe ASIC's move benefits the public while others predict it's a "disaster in the ...

Super assets to hit $2 trn by 2015: Deloitte

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
Deloitte predicts assets under the superannuation industry to hit $2 trillion in under six years, with industry funds and SMSFs taking the lion's share of projected post-retirement assets. Deloitte's actuaries, using the firm's superannuation model ...