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Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The cost of living a modest retirement has risen faster than the overall rate of inflation, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released today. The cost of a 'comfortable' retirement has risen 2% ...

New super fund launch by SA Govt

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... public sector employees with more choice for their super, Super SA members can choose to remain in the tax-deferred Triple S scheme or become members of this new fund. It's understood the new fund was established due to some anomalies that have seen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon AGO - ATLAS IRON LTD - up two cents, or 1.3 per cent, at $1.57 Atlas Iron annual general meeting ARI - ARRIUM - in a trading halt, last traded at 80 cents Steelmaker Arrium is set to announce ...

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Australia has achieved a world-class superannuation savings scheme, but retirement income remains a significant challenge, according to one manager. Alan McFarlane, chief executive officer at Edinburgh-based Dundas Global Investors said the Australian ...

Ponzi scheme operators plead guilty

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Brian Wood and Jimmy Truong have pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court, in Sydney, to operating a Ponzi scheme called the Integrity Plus Fund. According to ASIC, between December 2004 and December 2007 the Integrity Plus scheme raised in ...

Low cost pensions to shake-up UK market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The UK pension fund market is in for a shake-up with a new breed of low cost operators entering the fray with fees from 0.3% pa plus a weekly admin charge. Attracting their interest is that the UK is already the world's largest annuity market, accounting ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...

Aust Ethical community grants announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Investment manager Australian Ethical has announced its 2011 community grant recipients, with more than $150,000 being distributed to 22 charities and conservation organisations operating in Australia and overseas. This year's recipients were chosen ...

Timbercorp trio face the music

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Failed agribusiness Timbercorp's former directors must today face a class-action suit filed against them in 2009 by more than 2000 investors in the Supreme Court. The investors have made allegations of conflicts of interest, breaches of directors' duties ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Financial planners are unprepared for a superannuation system that is rapidly changing with the biggest problems not of their making, Jeremy Cooper said today. Cooper, the former head of the Superannuation System Review, told a packed ballroom of industry ...