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FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... bank-owned and other retail funds has been transferred to MySuper funds, with $77 billion dollars of workers default super savings remaining in higher cost super funds so that banks can maximise revenues at the expense of Australians retirement nest ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... charge higher fees than their MySuper options. He said these rules have "effectively locked-up billions of dollars of super savings until 2017." "AIST estimates that there are tens of billions of dollars of default superannuation that are outside the ...

Perpetual launches Global Share Fund on profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... IT and healthcare, Australian investors are increasingly seeking broader opportunities available overseas. "With super savings outgrowing the size of the domestic market, many investors are seeking to include global equities as part of a diversified ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the superannuation industry. A major development since the 1997 Wallis inquiry has been the rapid expansion of the super savings pool - from about $300 billion to $1.8 trillion today. It is projected to reach a massive $6 trillion in 2030. In a series ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... to retain this vital piece of policy. "The proposal to abolish the LISC would have increased the tax paid on the super savings of one in three Australians - and half of working women - by up to $500 a year."

Less than 15% meet ASFA standard of retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... If the age pension is excluded, only 15% of couples and 5% of singles are expected to meet the standard. "While super savings are only part of the equation, members then need to take retirement income from other sources into account," Towers Watson Australia ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... what some industry pundits think of the regulator. We also investigate how baby boomers may be able to make their super savings last via Australian equities funds that cater specifically to this zero tax group. You can read these articles on your iPad ...

Annuity sales reinforce solid Challenger result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... to 20 cents per share following the board's declaration of a final dividend of 10.5 cps. "Our funds management "super savings" business is directly leveraged to the markets, with strong boutique performance leading to high flows and earnings growth. ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... targeting the large pool of compulsory superannuation savings in Australia. While traditionally the greatest threat to super savings came from opportunistic individuals, Australia's large superannuation assets estimated at $1.3 trillion are attracting ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... that led to the Stronger Super reforms, said retirees would have weathered the GFC better if they had moved their super savings from an account-based pension - which is basically a super fund switched from accumulation to drawdown mode - into a defensive ...