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Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Super, Club Plus Super and HESTA. The median return seen was 0.8%. Finally, the top five retirement products were NGS Income Stream, First Super Allocated Pensions, Equip Pensions, Club Plus Pension and Statewide Super Pension. The overall median return ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... products, then there's a range of complications. Exit fees, capital gains tax, Centrelink deeming treatment of older income stream products, life insurance arrangements and the cost of the advice would all need to be considered. "The Federal Government ...

Industry fund awards $180m fixed income mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... Energy Super's investment in PGIOF will sit in the fund's defensive alternatives portfolio, and will provide a core income stream from global fixed income. "The cornerstone of Payden's investment philosophy is that active management of fixed income investments ...

New Bill bolsters retirement income

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... pension loans scheme. The Bill is proposing a new means test rules ahead of a wider range, and possibly more complex income stream products expected to emerge in the near future. Currently the means test rules for lifetime income streams apply to simple ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... (CYA), a LIC that primarily invests in the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims to deliver a regular income stream of fully franked dividends. Its top holdings include the four major banks, Macquarie, AMP, Amcor, QBE, BHP and Woolworths. ...

When aged care advice takes an emotional toll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... miss this and assume clients are not eligible. For a single pensioner drawing down up to $40,000 per year from an income stream product for example, the assessable component works out to be 5% to 10%. For a couple, the threshold is about $88,000 per ...

Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Challenger is ramping up its distribution capabilities by launching its annuities on a fifth platform. Challenger fixed-term and lifetime annuities will launch on the netwealth platform. It follows an announcement in August that saw products made available ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... relationship further demonstrates superannuation industry leaders moving to meet the needs of retirees as lifetime income stream products become a mainstream option in retirement." The retirement income giant also released its 2017/18 financial year ...

Super funds underplay risk profiles: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... profile, and typically invest in property and shares. On the other hand, defensive assets are lower risk with an income stream generated from cash, term deposits and fixed interest. However, with super funds increasingly investing more in unlisted property ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... provide high sustainable retirement incomes, he said. "The requirement to have an expectation that the constant income stream will endure until age 105 also encourages conservative payout streams, which is not consistent with the intent to facilitate ...