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Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... to suspend investment of the G Fund to avoid breaching the statutory debt limit," he wrote. The move to suspend retirement fund payments has been taken in the past, he noted. Regardless of the contribution suspension, all the TSP's target date options ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A survey of the world's biggest pension funds and insurance companies has uncovered a reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Super fund 12 month rolling returns have dipped back below double digits, but at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
An expected doubling of post-retirement funds under management (FUM) from 8% in 2010 to 16% by 2020, represents golden opportunities for investment managers, Jacob Hook of Oliver Wyman Financial Services advised delegates at IMCA's (Investment Management ...

AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The rural and regional industry super fund, AustSafe Super, has outlined plans to merge with the Canegrowers Retirement Fund (CRF) early next year. Upon completion of the merger, which is scheduled for 1 March 2013, AustSafe Super will retain its name ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Strong catalysts and structural trends have emerged that will fundamentally alter the provision of financial advice to retirees, according to Lonsec and Milliman. In a jointly released whitepaper by the two firms, dubbed 'Herding, Denial and Zeitgeist ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... defence budget. "Workplace fund total expense ratios (TER) were found to average 1.38%, personal fund TERs 2.01%, retirement fund TERs 1.84%, ERFs 2.68% with TERs for SMSFs at just 0.87%," noted Rainmaker.

LUCRF expands in-house investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... having someone on the ground who speaks the languages will be an advantage." LUCRF Super (Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund), Australia first modern industry fund, was established in 1978 by the Storeman and Packers Union, now the National Union ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
As budget cuts to public spending loom, wealth providers are warning the cost of aged care needs to be factored into retirement planning. "The likelihood of care and its associated cost needs to be recognised at the beginning of retirement, not when ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Mercer has released a research paper that dismisses claims retirement income funding through superannuation tax concessions favours the wealthy. The paper 'Tax, Super & the Age pension" reported that the total cost of retirement funding per person in ...