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Super cap breaches tumble

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... of 31.5% is payable. MLC has recently launched the 2012/13 version of its industry-leading online contribution cap calculator to help advisers manage the cap for their clients. "The tool has been very popular with advisers and we believe it will continue ...

New platform to help client engagement post FOFA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... educate clients, beginning before the client and planner have even met. The program uses a suit of customised wealth calculator and projection tools to condense client information into easy to explain graphs and tables. As FOFA brings a fee-for-service ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... Resource Rent Tax package will improve their retirement savings. MoreSuper.gov.au was launched yesterday and provides a calculator for individuals to input their details and find out the projected improvement in their retirement savings. In a joint statement ...

AMP upgrades online functionality

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Improvements have also been made to the My Portfolio customer section, which include a retirement simulator, insurance needs calculator, and customer-specific educational content. "The Retirement Simulator gives customers a glimpse into their retirement ...

CommInsure launches underwriting platform

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Claire Roberts, general manager Wholesale Life, CommInsure. With the new platform, members will first use the insurance calculator to identify the right level of cover they need before accessing the quoting tool. An online application is then submitted ...

Super trustee guidelines for retirement estimates

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Super fund trustees are set to get a helping hand with predicting their members' retirement estimates. New ASIC guidelines aim to help super trustees enable their members to think about how much money they'll need when they retire so they can start ...

Age Pension must be factored into retirement income

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... to produce after taking into account their likely age pension amount as well. "Members could then go to an on-line calculator to adjust information their fund didn't have access to and determine what actions they can take to improve their retirement ...

Zurich launches Android app

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... of LifeXpress Mobile, Zurich's quoting and field underwriting app, and contains custom-built tools including the BMI calculator and a blood pressure guide, in order to understand what readings mean and their impact on underwriting. According to Zurich ...

Energy Super offers online "next generation" pensions calculator

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Industry fund Energy Super has launched an online superannuation and retirement calculator that it says offers better accuracy than fixed calculators. Developed by software firm Provisio, the new calculator incorporates Centrelink aged pension entitlements ...

Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... free. "The most popular parts of MoneySmart have been the budgeting tool, the retirement planner and superannuation calculator," he said in a release. Bradbury said consumers had spent a collective 28,000 hours accessing the website.