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Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... enough for retirement. "Women make fantastic financial citizens. We pay down our debt faster, we take on less debt, we default less. We make better decisions when it comes to investing. We have the skill naturally to be good at this and the challenge ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... financial security," it said. When it comes to lodging a claim for total permanent disablement (TPD) insurance, the current default system of insurance provision, 55% of respondents said they would claim or even consider it, even if they thought they ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... Superannuation research shows that retail funds dominated in the 12 months to January end. League tables show Vanguard Super's default lifecycle investment option bested competitors for the year ending 31 January 2024. According to Rainmaker Information ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... situation where many Australians, including young people, are now without insurance cover, with the near complete lack of default TPD cover for those aged under 25 a concerning issue that may have broader ramifications for the welfare system."

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... launch. It also comes on the back of the fund's first full calendar year result which saw it take out the top spot among default Lifecycle options, returning 14.7% for the 12 months to December end. In doing so, it beat out the likes of FirstChoice ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... claims that when members didn't make any contribution to their Rest account for 13 continuous months or more, the default income protection insurance policy didn't provide the member with any coverage and when members held multiple income protection ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... while 62% of these will seek this advice from a financial adviser. Briggs said that treasury should be careful not to default superannuation members into government-designed retirement products as 40% of participants voted against the idea. "Consumers' ...

Indexed strategies to hit $1tn in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Within some asset classes, this will make indexing the default investment style, adding pressure on the business models of active managers." The research shows that exchange-traded funds ...

Advice reforms can solve retirement income challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... A critical part of the solution is making sure superannuation has pathways that help nudge people towards well-rounded default solutions for funding retirement, he said, warning that notions of "a standardised product" need to be approached with care. ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... after it made a round of cuts. On January 1, Qantas Super premiums for income protection reduced by 13%, while rates for default and voluntary death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover were lower by about 16%. TPD cover, for example, for ...