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Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Inflation is posing a greater risk to Australian retirees than ever, necessitating the development of new approaches to manage retirement income threats, according to a Challenger report. With retirees now living for about twice as long post-retirement ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Members of funds that failed the inaugural Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test aren't leaving, with new modelling showing just 10% have found a new fund. According to Industry Super Australia (ISA) analysis, only 10% of members switched ...

Link seeks to offload Fund Solutions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
Link Group is exploring divestment options for the troubled Link Fund Solutions business, which includes Link Fund Solutions Limited, and has appointed Macquarie Capital and UBS Securities as advisers. As previously reported by Financial Standard, in ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
AMP has launched MyNorth Lifetime, a new suite of solutions available through the North platform that combines an account-based pension with the lifetime cashflow features of annuities. The MyNorth Lifetime Income account is a flexible pension account ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Financial Services Council (FSC) research shows that proposed increases to super taxes will not deliver a sustainable Federal Budget position. The FSC engaged DeltaPearl Partners to perform economic modelling of six possible measures adjusting the current ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... to financial advice. The increase in the SGC rate to 10.5%, and the Retirement Income Covenant partially address our weak link with respect to our adequacy score and will help improve our ranking over time," CFA Institute Board of Governors member Maria ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The volatility and fragility of US pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says ...

GQG Partners awards RE mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
GQG Partners has appointed Equity Trustees as the responsible entity (RE) for its new dividend income fund. The Global Quality Dividend Income Fund aims to provide a rate of return exceeding the MSCI ACWI High Dividend Yield ex Tobacco AUD Index. It ...

Industry funding model discussion commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
The government has released a discussion paper on the ASIC industry funding model, consulting on opportunities to simplify its design, possibly through the creation of new sub-sector definitions to make the apportioning of costs fairer. Treasury is ...

Link acquisition deal terminated

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
Link Group has announced that the proposed acquisition by Dye & Durham has officially collapsed. Following necessary conditions not being satisfied, including the Woodford Matters condition and the UK Financial Conduct Authority condition, the Court ...