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Lonsec grows retirement panel membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Challenger is the latest to join Lonsec's thought leadership panel aiming to provide financial planners insights and solutions when it comes to advising clients on retirement. Lonsec Retire is an initiative between the research firm and actuarial provider ...

Location, location, location: the key to retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... retirement incomes," the report reads. "The actual mix of strategies they choose will require a deep analysis of each fund's membership characteristics, leading to potentially different risk and return settings for default investment portfolios. "Superannuation ...

Industry giant joins ACSI

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... important milestone in the implementation of this policy and enables us to leverage the collective influence of the ACSI membership to improve the ESG practices of the companies to which TCorp's clients have exposure," Willment said. "We are committed ...

Females dominating non-concessional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... contributions into their superannuation than men, new insights show. A new report from Vanguard analysing data from Sunsuper's membership of over one million Australians shows that 60% of members making non-concessional, after-tax contributions to their ...

Former AFA executive returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... recently-appointed general counsel, Linda Vogel. AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said Anderson will assist the AFA and its membership's aim to take advice to the next level in Australia. "The AFA wants to ensure the advice profession moves forward, with ...

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Digital advice is seen as a must by 80% of superannuation funds, yet less than 20% have engaged in or are looking to implement digital advice. A majority of super funds have only begun investing in online strategies in the last three years. New findings ...

Kinetic Super improves insurance offering

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... need for insurance to offer greater flexibility for Australia's contingent workforce who makes up a large part of our membership," Kinetic Super chief executive Katherine Kaspar said. "Our tiered cover is particularly beneficial for younger Australians ...

Top trends reshaping Aussie superannuation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
The rise of the post-retirement specialist, increasing tech-savvy membership bases, and greater demand for online, real-time advice are major trends reshaping the Australian superannuation industry, according to software provider Bravura Solutions. ...

UniSuper obtains public offer licence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... which currently services about 400,000 current and former higher education and research employees, will extend its membership to spouses of existing members, and will expand eligibility to other family members. In a statement, UniSuper made it clear ...

AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
A new appointment at the Association of Financial Advisers will help ready its membership for new professional requirements to be set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Linda Vogel joined the association as general counsel, professionalism. ...