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Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... defined benefit schemes, 27 per cent were defined contribution schemes with two per cent under additional voluntary contribution schemes. According to the report, this confirms the shift toward DC in the private sector with the proportion of assets managed ...

Super investors stay put: survey

AIST RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
Six out of 10 Australians will continue with their voluntary contributions this year while only one in 10 have moved, or considered moving, their super to a more conservative fund, according to a consumer survey. The Newspoll March 2009 survey - commissioned ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

Salary sacrifice on the rise: legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The $1 billion industry fund, legalsuper, has experienced a 50 per cent increase in salary sacrifice contributions at the end of May, despite returns being the worst for 20 years. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the $1 billion super fund claims ...

Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

One of the largest regular surveys conducted on super has confirmed the increasing gap between those who can afford to retire and those who can't. Twice a year, financial services giant AMP asks more than 320,000 of its AMP Corporate Super members to ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Well-off Australians are making double the effort to boost their additional superannuation contributions compared to their less wealthy counterparts, a new study has shown. Wealth benchmark's Personal Finances of Wealth Australians - 2008 Institutional ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

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 ...

Super contributions jump 42 pct to $114b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
SimplerSuper has put a rocket underneath total contributions flows with analysts suggesting total inflows could reach $114 billion this year, up a staggering 42 per cent from last year. Ross Clare, director of research for the Association of Super Funds ...

QSuper hits $20b in quick time

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
QSuper has hit the magic $20 billion mark for funds under management, putting on the last $5 billion in just the last 17 months. Just 17 months after the fund celebrated 15 years of operation and $15 billion in fund for its 450,000 members, QSuper executive ...