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Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... 1.15%. After allowing for inflation, super funds charging fees of 2.33% need to earn almost 5% annually just for super savings to hold their ground. To illustrate the impact of fees on investment performance, the bank said a 30-year old man could retire ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Australians access to their superannuation to buy their first home. When asked if people should be able to use their super savings to buy property, Hockey answered: "It is incredibly hard for young Australians to get into the first home market. We are ...

BT Super for Life launches video member statements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... it and it is very simple. They also felt it encouraged them to consider how much they should contribute to their super savings," Doyle said. BT Super for Life has already integrated its super statements with Westpac online banking.

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 ...