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Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... 2008-09 when retiree interest groups successful lobbied the government to lower the drawdown rates to prevent retiree accounts running out much quicker than anticipated following their depletion that happened due unexpected investment losses. The research ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Planned changes to the regulation of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... it's good but... This is the overriding verdict of the country's oft-quoted economists to the latest Australian national accounts report that showed our economy grew by a larger-than-expected 0.8% (expectations 0.7%) in the December quarter and 2.8% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... at 5,448. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December quarter national accounts data including gross domestic product, while the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for ...

AMP launches new corporate super offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... product, named SignatureSuper Select, will target companies with between 50 and 750 employees - a segment which it says accounts for 25% of the workforce. AMP said the offering had 30 investment options, flexible insurance arrangements, a tiered pricing ...

Blue Sky hires ex-Certitude exec to run new office

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... appointed as Blue Sky's new key account manager and will be responsible for servicing increasing demand across key corporate accounts, advisory groups and family offices for alternative assets in both Victoria and South Australia. Siapantas has experience ...

YBR doubles wealth management revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Smarter Money managed fund. YBR MySuper product, RetireRight, currently has over 800 clients and over 40% of the new accounts came from direct clients. The take-up of wealth management advice by the branch network currently represents 30% of the total ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... bonds with returns to members guaranteed to be at least 2.5% pa but members can place excess funds in investment linked accounts where they can choose their own asset allocation including instruments like ETFs. For those covered by the Pioneer Generation ...

AMP launches integrated wealth app

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... relating AMP Bank account balance, an ATM locator, internal and external bank transfers and ability to consolidate super accounts. It also offers updated news and insights articles on retail and investment trends "We know that people engaged with their ...

Federation added to Australian Unity platform

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Federation Managed Accounts (Federation) have been added to the Australian Unity Personal Financial Services' (AU PFS) approved platform list. AU PFS chief executive officer Steve Davis said the operational structure of the platform coupled with the ...