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New TAL scheme offers discounts for healthy living

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... distribution Niall McConville said the program rewards clients for thinking sensibly about their health with a simple lifetime discount. "TAL Health Sense is about being sensible and simple. We want advisers to be able to have meaningful conversations ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... LGsuper's MySuper Lifecycle product places 65 year old members in an investment option with 90% in growth assets while QSuper Lifetime puts members aged 25 in an option with only 70% in growth assets. Interestingly, this lower risk mix, which QSuper ...

Mercer LifetimePlus now on MPS platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Mercer's longevity risk solution for retirees, LifetimePlus, is now available on the Mercer Portfolio Services (MPS) retail platform. Supported by Colonial First State's wrap technology, MPS is the first retail platform to offer the product and the ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Senator Jenny McAllister believes many people don't feel comfortable with the idea of paying women more superannuation as a government response to fix the gender retirement savings gap. McAllister, who chairs the Senate enquiry in to economic security ...

UniSuper develops retirement product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
UniSuper is developing FlexiChoice, a lifetime retirement income solution that addresses issues such as longevity or sequencing risk. The comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) is designed to provide members with access to a default lifetime ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... the removal of the $450 monthly superannuation guarantee contribution threshold, the AFA also recommended introducing lifetime super contribution caps for low income earners "and those with broken careers due to caring responsibilities." The submission ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... housing and changing this should be the policy priority, not making older Australians feel insecure in housing they spent a lifetime paying off." National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said the group does believe the current government or opposition ...

BT makes three investment hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... to grow, so too will the demand for specialist investment services that cater for the needs of fund members over their lifetime and through to retirement," BT chief investment officer Patrick Farrell said. "Corrin's broad experience, as well as his specialisation ...

Super lifetime cap could increase budget costs: Budget Office

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Placing a lifetime cap on voluntary superannuation contributions could actually end up costing more money to the budget, a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) commissioned by the Greens found. The Greens commissioned the report in light ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... concessions. ISA deputy director Robbie Campo said these settings magnify rather than moderate gender differences in lifetime earnings. "The persistent gender pay gap, currently at 18%, blows out to a far worse gap in super savings of 44%. We can't afford ...