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NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... retirees and other investors," MLC said. MLC Inflation Plus offers three investment portfolios: MLC Inflation Plus - Conservative (for those already in retirement), MLC Inflation Plus - Moderate (pre-retirement phase) and MLC Inflation Plus - Assertive ...

Link calls on govt to remove Stronger Super red tape

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... the losses suffered in the GFC have only accelerated this tendency. Acute underfunding has forced the traditionally conservative DB investors - both private and, in particular, public - to go up the risk curve. Meanwhile, DC schemes worldwide have moved ...

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... the April-June quarter. Sydney rose 0.71 per cent, or 36.5 points, to 5,181.5 in the first session back after the conservative Liberal/National coalition won a weekend general election in Australia as widely expected. Shanghai soared 3.39 per cent, or ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... signed on the dotted line before they can make some major decisions." A strong Senate result for the coalition, or conservative minor players like Katter's Australian Party and Palmer's United Party, would improve the prospects of the carbon and mining ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... invests 100% in cash, Australian Commonwealth Government and Australian semi-government securities and is aimed at conservative investors targeting capital preservation and low-risk income. Under the SIV scheme, investors can apply for a provisional ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... with specific welfare savings proposals. But according to statements attributed to the UK Liberal Democrats, the Conservative Party's coalition partner, any such proposals could only proceed if they were accompanied by corresponding proposals to increase ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... offerings will be actively-managed life stage products designed so that the asset allocation automatically becomes more conservative as a person nears retirement. BT Financial Group general manager of superannuation Deanne Stewart said, "Five years ago ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... account-based pension - which is basically a super fund switched from accumulation to drawdown mode - into a defensive or conservative investment option before the crisis hit. "A four year average of 8.8% p.a. after the GFC is great if your money has ...