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Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... said Scully. Scully claims that SMSF members can now invest in the property sector in a bid to maximise their retirement income now that the restriction has been lifted. Firstfolio managing director Mark Forsyth is optimistic about this new venture. ...

UBS and Genworth tap income-for-life market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Financial to embark on a new venture catering to the employer-sponsored retirement plan segment in the US. UBS and retirement income solutions provider Genworth recently announced its agreement to introduce a guaranteed income for life option for 401(k) ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... that indicated high levels of community support for measures which would lead to a $30 per week increase in retirement income, compared to a tax cut of $6 per week now which would have a similar budgetary impact. "One suggestion to the problem would ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

The new government: what it means

... Wyatt Australia. "The ALP will continue to support the 'three pillars' structure that underpins Australia's retirement income policy: the age pension; mandated, employer-paid superannuation via the Superannuation Guarantee (SG); and voluntary contributions ...

Ambachtsheer receives Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

... to where we are today," he said. "We are not done yet, but there is a lot of coherence to pensions worldwide. Retirement income systems are getting serious attention as to how they are optimally designed. The world of Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution ...

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Soft compulsion, increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ...

AMP reports bullish quarter

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... said many customers had brought forward superannuation contributions to the second quarter, transferring into retirement income products in the third quarter when pensions became tax-free. The trends were amplified by asset test changes that came into ...

Skandia appoints new tech services head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... member of the Investment and Financial Services Association, serving on discussion and working groups such as retirement income streams and Simpler Superannuation He will be responsible for advising Skandia's platform business on the technical aspects ...

Pre-retirees map out uncertain future: FSS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... membership is over the age of 50." "This gives us a much clearer idea of likely demand for our Transition to Retirement Income Stream (TRIS), which was developed with such people in mind following the introduction of Federal Government's transition to ...