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New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... the Trustee Tailored Super service, said it is a hybrid investment philosophy that blends aspects of life stage and lifecycle investing with traditional default structures familiar to many trustees. "Surely it's time we recognised that someone retiring ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... fund has the 18 year old and the 74 year old all sitting around in the same asset allocation." The warning to look at lifecycle products follows the revelation last week that only 10% of chief executives in the not for profit super sector reported they ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Chief executive officers in the not-for-profit super sector remain unconvinced a lifecycle product will offer the best outcome for members, according to a recent poll by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A recent survey of 40 not-for-profit ...

Growth in popularity of lifecycle strategies: PIMCO

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Super funds will increasingly move toward strategies such as lifecycle strategies that de-risk an investor's portfolio as members near retirement, according to PIMCO. The new research claims this approach could eventually replace existing "balanced" ...

Credit Suisse asset management appoints new recruit

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... relationship for asset management in Asia Pacific based in Melbourne. Reedman comes from QIC where he was director, lifecycle strategies and also worked at JANA Investment Advisers as head of portfolio construction. Other positions held by Reedman include ...

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 ...