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CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... "The requirement to have an expectation that the constant income stream will endure until age 105 also encourages conservative payout streams, which is not consistent with the intent to facilitate higher income drawdowns and to avoid legacy benefits," ...

MySuper approaches $650 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Commission said about 1.7 million member accounts and $62 billion in assets were in MySuper products that underperformed conservative benchmarks over the 10 years to 2017. If these members instead received the median return from the Productivity Commission's ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... segments. "About 1.7 million member accounts and $62 billion in assets are in MySuper products that underperformed conservative benchmarks over the 10 years to 2017," the report said. "This suggests that many members are currently being defaulted into ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... funded using optimistic actuarial assumptions, according to the institute. No pension fund is more than 63% funded, if conservative actuarial assumptions are used. States alone have $6 trillion in unfunded liabilities - not counting the thousands of ...

Super fund awards $150 million fixed income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... strategy. The $50 billion industry fund believes the strategy will benefit members within its balanced, retirement and conservative options. "This mandate is one of the many innovative ways we're adding value to our members' investment returns to meet ...

Royal Commission presents clear downside for bank stocks

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Findings from the Royal Commission, and the possible increased regulation that will emerge as a result, have weakened the investment case for Australia's banking sector. Research from Credit Suisse analysts Jarrod Martin and Brendon Ferreira suggests ...

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... factors to enhance its lifecycle strategies including gender and account balance among others. Women tend to be more conservative for example, so ACS has designed its current lifecycle strategy to suit its current demographic, namely women, Block said. ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... significantly to 4.6% in 2018 (from 4% in October) and 4.4% in 2019 (from 3.9%). The World Bank did the same, albeit more conservative, upgrading the forecast growth in world trade volume to 3.9% (from 3.7%) in 2018 and 3.8% (from 3.7%) in 2019. Download ...

Boutique aims to tackle retiree housing affordability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
A boutique asset management firm is hoping to raise more than $9 million to acquire a Queensland retirement village, providing affordable housing for older Australians receiving government assistance. Hamilton Asset Management is looking to raise $9.06 ...

Pension phase SMSFs prefer Aussie equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... available for international shares," Class states. The analysis demonstrated not only that pension phase SMSFs are more conservative investors, but also they are also more likely to invest in higher yield stocks. On average, pension SMSFs earn a 7% higher ...