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Government to amend transfer balance cap laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... government is progressing legislative amendments to the transfer balance cap (TBC) for individuals with a capped defined benefit income stream. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said this is another step to improve the efficiency of the superannuation ...

Super member loyalty on the rise: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... the average 71%. This shows there is a large, untapped opportunity for super funds here, Monteath said. "The Retirement Income Strategy is an obvious starting point," she said. "However, the critical question that trustees must ask themselves is: how ...

Stockspot launches two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... has launched two investment options that aim to protect investors from soaring inflation and generate higher levels of income respectively. The Topaz Inflation portfolio invests exchange-traded funds cover a range of countries, asset classes, and sectors. ...

TelstraSuper launches retirement product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
TelstraSuper is now offering guaranteed income for life through a new retirement product it's partnered with Challenger on. TelstraSuper's RetireAccess Lifetime Pension provides guaranteed income for life and can be indexed for inflation or market-linked ...

Alternative assets are the way forward: Forum

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
... investments, says abrdn investment director Raf Choudhury. Choudhury told the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income in Melbourne today that when it comes to portfolio construction, it's useful to use a broader set of investments ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... only 7%. The time taken to resolve them took 107 days, down from AFCA's five-year average of 114 days. Across products, income protection complaints had the lion's share of total complaints, clocking 523 complaints or 28% of the total. Some 347 policyholders ...

Australian farmland values in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
Australian farmland values have reached an inflection point in 2023 following a sustained period of strong growth, according to Rural Bank's latest report. In collaboration with Digital Agricultural Services (DAS), Rural Bank's Australian Farmland Values ...

Super bequest reform can boost charitable giving by billions: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... of a death benefit nomination. Impact Economics and Policy modelling suggests these reforms could generate an additional income for charities ranging between $64.6 billion and $260.4 billion from superannuation bequests over the period leading to 2060. ...

Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... weightings to alternative investments, increasing allocations to 7.1%. The market decline caused the combined equity and fixed income allocation to decrease by 2.4 percentage points from 79%-80% share over the last 10 years, Mao said.

WAM launches unit trust, names RE

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... S&P/ASX 200 Index. To be managed by Matthew Haupt and John Ayoub, it aims to offer a combination of capital growth and income over the medium to long term, in addition to preserving capital. The minimum initial investment is $25,000, with a recommended ...