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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 ...

Women hit with double burden on retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... retirement savings," Rimmer explained. "When the children get older they think they have a few years to repair their super savings, but then they're thrown into the caring role again." Rimmer said that the situation is "unequal" because women taking ...

ANZ launches low-cost super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... fees they are being charged," Phillips continued. "We're making it easy for customers to see the value of their super savings and check their contributions. We'll also help them find and consolidate their super into one account so they'll never lose ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... of regulatory reform, increasing demand for less conventional assets and a rise in the amount of money going into super savings will magnify fund managers over-dependence on asset consultants. On the face of it, Australia looks to be one of the most ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

Sunsuper creates new product division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... the product team in creating and implementing new products that offer members flexibility in how they manage their super savings and move these into market quickly and effectively," Lally added. Sunsuper currently has over one million members and approximately ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... these deals. Under this sort of pressure, people can make wrong decisions," Reynolds said. She added that while super savings in APRA regulated funds weren't impacted, AIST would be urging super funds to enhance fraud communications with soon-to-retire ...

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The post-global financial crisis combined with longevity issues has brought strategies to manage sequencing risk to the forefront in Australia, according to Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management. Although many retirees ...