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

Search Results

Showing 1191 - 1200 of 3876 results for "Pension"

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Warren examined how different levels of SG impact on the welfare of individual Australians under current super, tax and pension eligibility rules. According to the research, the optimal SG varies "substantially" depending on a members' income and the ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... comparable 2018 period to $15.89 Billion, with $490 million net flows for the December 2019 quarter. Six new super and pension distribution agreements were signed along with six new managed discretionary account memorandums of understanding. As for Xplore's ...

Better retirement income products needed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... income Jeremy Cooper said. "What this and other National Seniors research clearly highlights is that people treat the age pension and their own savings differently." Cooper said it's clear people fear running out of their own money, even though the safety ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
David Atkin will leave as the $57 billion superannuation fund's chief executive later this year after 12 years in the role. Atkin steered Cbus as it grew from just $12 billion in assets under management, adopted a more comprehensive approach to ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... you combined it as a gifting strategy five years prior to eligibility age, you could perhaps still qualify for the age pension." Theobald said the new trend had been spawn from decades of low interest rates and people gearing their investments to the ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB). It is also responsible for pension payments out of two DB schemes that are now closed to new members. Together, members of CSC's defined benefit schemes ...

Geared super funds hit jackpot

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... First State options took out the first eight positions in the top 10, with the wealth manager's FirstChoice Wholesale Pension Geared Share option achieving a 68.6% net return for the 12 months to November. On a three-year basis, the fund returned 29.7%. ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... "complicated, inefficient and able to be worked around." "If an SMSF trustee wants to seek advice regarding the establishment of a pension from their accountant, unlicensed accountants are unable to provide this simple advice," Maroney. "Licensed advisers ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
A $16 billion UK pension fund modelled on the Australian superannuation system has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as an Occupational Pension Scheme. It is also intensifying efforts to tackle the risks posed by ...

$3.3 billion fall in retail managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
The once-off transfer of StatePlus' Master Fund businesses worth $18.6 billion out of retail funds to First State Super has had a significant impact on the retail market, according to Plan For Life Actuaries. Plan For Life revealed overall retail managed ...