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NGS Super launches retirement savings strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... retirement income objectives. Easy Default can be established on either the NGS Income Account or the Transition to Retirement Account. When the strategy is selected on the NGS Income Account, 12% of the member funds are invested in the cash and term ...

TelstraSuper launches option, retirement tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... more volatile investments." High Growth aims to outperform CPI + 4% (for Accumulation and RetireAccess Transition to Retirement members) and CPI + 4.5% (for RetireAccess income stream members). "We know that many of our members - especially our younger ...

IGR to spark fresh retirement income consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... spending and income configurations, to address concerns regarding the role of super funds in helping members transition to retirement. It follows the release of the 2023 Intergenerational Report by Treasury, which demonstrates superannuation will play ...

More assets held in Choice over MySuper: APRA figures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... products. Accumulation products hold $682 billion of the total assets held in Choice. On the other hand, transition to retirement and retirement products, despite lesser product numbers (148 and 276 respectively), hold $12 billion and $396 billion respectively. ...

AustralianSuper overhauls Member Direct fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... capped at $350 a year for members still saving and $600 a year for members with a Choice Income pension or transition to retirement income account.

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... wants advice on the best investment option. Where it becomes more complicated, however, is when members transition to retirement. "That's an area where vertical integration is being proposed as cross-subsidising a piece of advice that we wouldn't ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... light to provide personal advice to their members regarding their interests in the fund, including the transition to retirement. Michelle Levy explained in doing so, trustees will be required to consider member's personal circumstances, including ...

Australians are unprepared for retirement: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... health issues, caring responsibilities, or job loss. Australians plan on reducing work commitments and transition to retirement at 62.5 years of age; they'd like to fully retire at 64.8 years of age, the report said. However, in reality, Australians ...

Australian Ethical lowers fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
Australian Ethical has reduced the dollar-based administration fee for all its super, transition to retirement and pension accounts, as well as the management fee on some of its funds. Regarding super fees, Australian Ethical dropped its conservative ...

AustralianSuper shakes up executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... AustralianSuper members are counting on us to ensure we are there for them before retirement, in the transition to retirement and also in retirement," Schroder said. Commenting on his appointment, Blackmore said that after nine years in his current role ...