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Household capital a retirement solution: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The potential fourth pillar of retirement income, accessing household capital, could be the solution to a comfortable retirement, new research shows. The latest research from Heartland Seniors Finance conducted by RMIT University found 90% of senior ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, the $50 billion fund for government employees, has launched a new partnership with a sustainable asset manager. CSC and Osmosis Investment Management have partnered to launch a Resource Efficient Core Equity ...

TAL group life lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
TAL's executive general manager of group life is set to take on a new role at Zurich in March. Darren Wickham has been appointed head of group insurance at Zurich, joining the insurer's leadership team. With about 30 years' experience as ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... Smartstart Super Pension was named best-value retirement product, beating out ANZ Smart Choice Pension and GESB Retirement Income Allocated Pension. Rest was awarded best value balanced product and QSuper was found to be the best value super fund for ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The Retirement Income Review has revealed disabled people are less likely to be in financial stress and poverty when retiring on the age pension alone than in their working lives - demonstrating the struggle a lot of disabled people have making ends ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... and several law firms, alleges that the firm's 401(k) pension plan breached its duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, such as its obligation to ensure expenses incurred are fair and reasonable. All the investments and asset allocations ...

QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... long way to go before launching. He did not divulge any details other than it "is looking quite promising." The Retirement Income Review found that a large gap exists in providing members advice and assistance in making better informed decisions in retirement ...

Land tax favourable over stamp duty: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... also means buyers who are currently saving can get more bang for their buck," he said. This comes after the Retirement Income Review found homeowners are given preferential treatment in retirement, and those who own their home are likely to have a come ...

Home ownership shouldn't be at expense of super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... market would be a better approach than using superannuation for a housing deposit, according to the chair of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the virtual ASFA Conference, Retirement Income Review Analysed, Cooper said that ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The federal government has released its draft legislation for the Your Future, Your Super reforms, opening the industry consultation period until December 24. The package of reforms, which was unveiled in the 2020-21 budget, has four main components ...