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Are SMSF investors too conservative?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... for SMSFs but this was not pursued in the draft report." However Rainmaker Information analysis shows that retirement products for industry and retail super funds, due to the concessional tax treatment relative to accumulation pre-retirement products ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... Anne Lester said the fund was really the asset manager's first attempt at consumer and data-led design in retirement products. And from her limited understanding of the Australian market, the SmartSpending concept could well be applied here. "In the ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... leap from" from equities to fixed income, the researchers argue. Australia has seen an uptick in lifecycle retirement products, following at the heels of similar moves in the US and UK. About 35% of total MySuper assets are currently held in lifecycle ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... commence until July 2019. The government has also proposed changes to legislative frameworks to drive a push for retirement products. It will amend the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to introduce a retirement covenant that will require ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Morrison said people will not be forced to take up a CIPR at retirement. It will simply increase the choice of retirement products available. Also, new Age Pension rules will not affect people with existing pooled lifetime retirement income products. ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... couples falls much faster as retirement progresses than traditionally believed, calling for a change in how retirement products are designed. Research from Milliman shows the median Australian retiree couple's spending at 85 years of age falls by more ...

MLC, Colonial First State make key appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... the Commonwealth Essential Super range of products and services, including investments, superannuation and retirement products, insurance and managed accounts. Prior to his most recent role, Wall served as head of retail platforms. He is also a former ...

MyRetirement products too pricey for super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Securities chief investment officer Jeff Rogers disagrees. Acknowledging it is difficult to design default retirement products, Rogers said he believes the bulk of complexity stems from the uncertainty around return on investment for funds. "When you're ...

Former Macquarie head of research joins Fidelity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... investment team on behalf of the group's wholesale and institutional clients to develop a range of new pre and post-retirement products. Dinham joined Macquarie in September last year from StatePlus, where he was chief investment officer and head of ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...