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Commissioner urges action on super savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... still glaring gaps in the system. "Today women still lag behind in income, and this disparity continues through the lifecycle." "For ages 65 and older, the mean weekly earnings for men is $1,024 and for women it is $669." Ryan said superannuation funds ...

ETF services expanded with cloud

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Cloud technology is now driving full automation of the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) lifecycle, with one global investment servicing firm introducing a solution for development of new ETF products. State Street's new TotalETF product offers integration ...

Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... that derisks as the objective is met. "This adds to the discussion around the evolution of a dynamic target date or lifecycle approach," said Higgins.

MySuper regulations fundamentally flawed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... and fee levels under the proposed My Super legislation, with calls for the government to allow differential pricing. "Lifecycle strategies that shift a higher weight to fixed income as a member nears retirement would result in lower costs associated ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... Advisory Board. The award for most outstanding thought leader went to professor Michael E Drew, managing director of lifecycle strategies at QIC and professor of finance at the business school, Griffith University in Queensland. The award for most outstanding ...

Sunsuper overhauls insurance in favour of women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... officer, Sunsuper. The fund has also recognised that members want more flexible insurance cover to incorporate different lifecycle events, such as buying a house, getting married or having children. Sunsuper has built in the ability for members to increase ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... said that a joint venture with a specialist in the mortgage space was on the cards. Eluvia will also offer ongoing, lifecycle advice, a significant point of difference, according to O'Leary. "A realignment in thinking from individual to family and recognising ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... with a score of 63.8, USA at 60.3, Australia at 53.9 and India at 51.1. The target score is 75-80. They were judged on lifecycle (procurement and disposal), end user IT efficiencies, enterprise and data centre IT efficiencies, use of IT as a low-carbon ...

Addwealth seeks women advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... [for women] can be very different - what matters also is the process that women take to commit to [advice]," she said. Lifecycle changes including childbirth and taking time off work are often on the agenda, and Addwealth is hoping to tackle the different ...

QIC adopts lifecycle investing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
QIC will offer super funds lifecycle investing strategies to improve retirement outcomes for members. Dynamic lifecycle strategies constantly adjust throughout a member's life, focusing on the investment returns required to meet a member's real retirement ...