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Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Investment managers have gone too far in pandering to the short-term investor according to Capital Group equity portfolio manager Jody Jonsson. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jonsson said there ...

NAB Prosper launches next month

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... actually educates the customer about all the levers they might pull around what they need to do to grow their retirement nest egg," Miller said. "If you change your retirement age from 55 to 65 it has a massive difference on the amount of money you need ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... the report was to demystify the purpose of superannuation, and specifically to debunk the "myth" that a $1 million super nest egg is necessary to ensure a comfortable retirement. It argues that this idea places an overemphasis on superannuation balance ...

Retiring 'comfortably may require 3 income building blocks: Legg Mason

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... least $1.851 million to live comfortably, based on the ASFA retirement standard of $58,4442. For those with a more modest nest egg the simple way to retire comfortably would be to invest in higher income strategies, but for advisers meeting with risk-averse ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Productivity Commission's research suggests lifting the Preservation Age from 55 to 65 will boost end superannuation retirement nest eggs and save about $7 billion per annum in the federal budget by 2055. "Policies which encourage older workforce participation ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... 65 years of age. According to the PC, lifting the Preservation Age progressively will boost end superannuation retirement nest eggs by an average of 10% in real terms while also saving about $7 billion pa by 2055 in net recurrent fiscal outlays. Employment ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... necessarily the country's wealthy, but everyday Australians, who might have no more than their house and their super and perhaps a nest egg," Medcraft said. "Of course, when [corporate] culture is poor and investors are inappropriately sold investments ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... regulated funds". Failure to improve the system's efficiency could cost future retirees 5% or $40,000 of their potential nest egg, explained the report. To drive down costs, the report re-stated its 2014 recommendation that there should be default fund ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Adding a global equity income investment strategy to retirees' existing income strategies would add diversification and help address concentration risk in many portfolios, according to global active fund manager Capital Group. The investment giant ...