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Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Most Australians tend to retire younger than the current pension age (65), despite growing concerns over longevity risk during retirement. According to AMP.NATSEM's Income and Wealth report, Australians often enter retirement earlier than in Japan ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... to the top 1% of Australian income earners will more than double their retirement income. ISA said the lowest paid Australians who receive no tax break suffer a 14% reduction in their superannuation income.

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Sunsuper believes in advice, is pro-adviser and can help us deliver on our strategic vision of great advice for more Australians," Fox said. Sunsuper national manager retail distribution and advice, Anne Fuchs, said the superannuation fund deeply believes ...

CPA sets up independent advice license

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... represents a game changer for financial advice in this country," the organisation said in a statement. "Too many everyday Australians have suffered as a result of poor financial advice driven by conflicts of interest," CPA chief executive Alex Malley ...

AustralianSuper backs CFA Code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... supports the adoption of the CFA Code. "Our fund is entrusted with the retirement savings for more than two million Australians. That trust is very important to us and it underpins our philosophy of members first," Delaney said. "It [CFA Code] provides ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... throughout the year and they should be more than aware of their corporate responsibilities. Yet Medcraft believes Australians are still "getting fleeced" because "there are only limited ways to address culture in the laws ASIC administers." This is why ...

ISA appoints "fiscal hawk" chief economist

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... "And essentially Industry Super is both committed to reforming super so that it's fairer and more affordable for all Australians, including the Commonwealth budget, and that really attracted me to ISA. I see this as a consistent path for me." Anthony ...

Henderson scores $2.6bn in mandates from Perennial buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Institutional mandates of a combined value of at least $2.6 billion will fall under Henderson Group's umbrella, following the acquisition of IOOF's Perennial Fixed Interest Partners and Perennial Growth. Both companies have combined assets under management ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... pension threshold from $1.15 million in non-home assets to $823,000. This will reduce pension entitlements for 235,000 Australians and eliminate them for 91,000. Speaking to Financial Standard, AustralianSuper membership group executive Paul Schroder ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
'Twas a winter of discontent for our Northern Hemisphere brethrens and us, Australians all, could experience a similar winter of our own. It barely made the headlines when the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its provisional ...