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Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) has just released a study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", where they reveal that within five years, according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers, the costs of the nation's taxation subsidies will climb ...

ASIC unveils primary school teaching package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Financial literacy is taught across most states' curricula throughout primary school and across subject areas in secondary school but this package includes tailored material for primary teachers that has been mapped into the Australian National Curriculum. ...

Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
UK pension fund trustees increasingly want to outsource day to day management of their fund's functions to a third-party manager, according to a poll by Russell. "With trustees under increased time-pressure there is a need for increased delegation ...

UK adviser offered 50% PI discounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
UK wealth intermediary group Tenet has introduced a 50% discount on the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance for advisers promoting risk-rated multi-asset funds. Tenet, a large fee for service intermediary support services group that works ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Life annuities sales have increased rapidly following the GFC's onslaught on retirement assets, but investors and advisers are still wary about what happens to their capital if they don't live long enough to exhaust the annuity. "We now sell in a month ...

AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
AMP SMSF has appointed Samantha Clarke as director, SMSF Solutions, reporting to AMP SMSF managing director Paul Sainsbury, effective August 13. Clarke joins the newly formed business unit from AMP Capital where she was head of marketing. Her appointment ...

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Target Maturity funds, a form of life cycle funds, have remained the most popular sector for funds launched within the last six months in Europe with net inflows of A$1.2 billion during May alone. However, the bulk of this growth is due to just two ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Pension Beneficiary Living Costs Index rose 0.5% for the June quarter 2012 and 1% across the last 12 months, matching regular inflation. The index, measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tries to capture changes in living costs for retirees ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In ...

MySuper to commoditise super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
MySuper will commoditise the superannuation industry, said Rice Warner Actuaries in their latest fee report that was commissioned by the Financial Services Council. "The initial emphasis of MySuper will be on costs rather than investment performance. ...