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Retirees using super for lifestyle, not income streams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Many retirees are unaware of what retirement products are and still see their nest egg's main purpose is to fund lifestyle needs, regardless of the industry-wide trend towards income streaming of retirement payments, reveals new research. The study ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Arguably it will also deliver super for the 'thinking' man or woman who values the certainty of knowing that their retirement nest egg is being managed properly and protected from rip-off fees and hidden charges," she said. The Industry Super Network ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
The Australian fund manager behind one of T. Rowe Price's global equities strategy gives 'skin in the game' serious meaning when he poured all of his retirement savings into it. His parents are putting some money, too. Scott Berg, the Canberra-born ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... we started our tightening campaign." Thank you. Yes Virginia, you and I should give thanks for all these. Our retirement nest egg is growing again. Everything is falling in their rightful place - at least for now. Risk assets would continue to benefit ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... superannuation - predominantly self managed super - to help provide for their retirement and in the process have built up sizeable nest-eggs. But the key super changes which involved lifting the age pension eligibility age and halving concessional contribution ...

Blame the banks for the crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... respondents felt there was a "fundamental lack" of regulation - a symptom of political greed and a wider "feather your own nest" culture in British politics. Meanwhile 58 per cent of those surveyed say they are financially worse off as a result of the ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors has introduced three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians ...

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... balances over $700,000 still have no fees. "Our aim is to help our pension members maximise the size of their retirement nest egg and as a profit-for-members fund we will pass on any cost savings in the form of lower fees," said Tony Lally, Sunsuper ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
In a market that fell by as much as 50 per cent last year, Magellan Global bucked the trend by posting a 1.3 per cent loss, pushing it to the top of the league tables of overseas shares managers for 2008. As a fund manager that has only been around ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...