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Energy Super tops extra benefits table

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
Energy Super, CareSuper and MLC MasterKey Business Super are clear standouts in a study of extra benefits offered by Personal and Workplace superannuation products, according to Rainmaker research. In its 2012 review of extra benefits and features ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Life Insurer MetLife has launched a new retirement product in partnership with industry super fund MTAA, labeling similar options already on the market "inadequate." MetLife Australia said it would initially only be working with MTAA, with a spokesperson ...

Consumers clueless on retirement: Bateman

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Despite having been exposed to compulsory super for over 20 years, too many Australians remain clueless when comes to 'all things' retirement. This was the overarching message that Hazel Bateman, associate professor from the University of NSW (School ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
There is a need for investment products that provide flexibility and confidence over a mid-term investment horizon, said Rodney Greenhalgh, head of retirement at BT Financial Group. After spending over two years working with advisers and investors ...

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Fund of the Year: CareSuper Long Term Performance Award: CareSuper SMSF Administrator of the Year: Multiport Retirement Product of the Year - Premium Choice: Colonial First State FirstChoice Wholesale Pension Retirement Product of the Year - Deluxe Choice ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Strong catalysts and structural trends have emerged that will fundamentally alter the provision of financial advice to retirees, according to Lonsec and Milliman. In a jointly released whitepaper by the two firms, dubbed 'Herding, Denial and Zeitgeist ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The 2012 SelectingSuper awards are being held in Melbourne's MCG members Dining Room on Thursday 8 November, with 16 awards on offer. They range from the Workplace, Personal and Retirement Products of the Year in multiple categories, to Self Managed ...

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
SMARTpension, the pension division of industry super fund Professional Associations Super, has been awarded CANSTAR's five-star rating for "outstanding value" in 2012. One of only seven funds to receive a five-star rating for members with medium ($400,000) ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... product to help Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets. MLC's new retirement product offers two forms of protection, protected capital and protected income, whereby clients can protect their savings for ...

HESTA income stream phases out risk

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... retirement solution that the health and community services industry super fund said has "turned conventional retirement product thinking on its head." HESTA's new investment strategy for the fund's post-retirement product - HESTA Income Stream - is designed ...