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Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... in the budget. The work test is also proposed to be abolished for those aged between 67 and 64 years and market-linked legacy products will be able to be transferred into an accumulation account without exceeding the contribution cap. But it's what ...

Aussies regret ERS withdrawals: AIST poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... their accounts tended to come from lower levels of education, are currently unemployed or in low-income households. "The legacy of this will last a lifetime. Australia must turn its attention to helping rebuild those balances, to ensure dignity in retirement ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... to 74 year-olds, lowering the downsizer contribution age limit to 60 from 65, providing a two-year amnesty for exiting legacy retirement products, relaxing residency requirements for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated super funds. However, it was quiet on ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Individuals locked into legacy retirement products will now have the chance to transfer into newer, more flexible products without penalty under a new measure. The government is introducing a two-year amnesty for individuals in market-linked, life-expectancy ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... the wrong super fund. And this brings us to reforms that will allow superannuants to swap out of expensive low-performing legacy products without paying tax or social security penalties. While it's a complex reform, the efficiencies it could create within ...

Investec fund in management buyout

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... greater than $4 million in each." "With the strong support of our shareholders we are now able to continue the good work and legacy under the Commencer Capital banner," he said.

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... the exponential growth exchange traded products have enjoyed; not every manager will be able to get in on the action, and legacy unit trusts will likely lose out. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall, speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange ...

Bellmont adds to distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... advisers the value of our offering and guide them through the sometimes-tricky process of moving clients across from a legacy offering." Bellmont recently hired Ben Bell as sales manager of adviser solutions. Bell formerly worked at Aberdeen Standard ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... price increases as companies looked to recoup losses from unsustainable products," he said. The market is littered with legacy disability products deemed expensive and poorly valued. For example, products created in the 1990s with lifetime benefits had ...

JANA chief investment officer resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... year of sabbatical before looking for new opportunities. "He will be sorely missed, but he leaves behind a long-lasting legacy that will deliver benefits for JANA's customers now and into the future," Lamborn said. "On behalf of the whole team at ...