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SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Grattan Institute has again weighed into the ongoing debate over the necessity of the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee. In a new research paper, Grattan claims workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
The specialist retirement funding provider completed its submission to the Retirement Income Review in response to the government's consultation paper released late last year. The report said the purpose of the review is to ascertain the degree ...

Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees aired some grievances about the planned Your Superannuation, Your Choice legislation. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said while the FSC broadly supports the new ...

AustralianSuper ups admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... annual fees and costs payable on a $50,000 balance to $437. It will not apply to Choice Income or Transition to Retirement Income accounts. The new fee is in addition to the fund's existing administration fee of $2.25 per week and investment fee ...

Aberdeen Standard, HUB24 partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investments is set to launch retirement income products, managed portfolios and a "bionic" advice solution for advisers and employers in partnership with HUB24. The new set of "bionic" advice solutions will kick off with a tool for ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... on research undertaken by the ANU - and included as part of the university's submission to the government's retirement income review - which claims the appropriate level of SG can "differ substantially across members". In the new paper - The 'Right' ...

Better retirement income products needed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... years longer than men, but our super system doesn't cater for this difference in longevity," Challenger chair of retirement income Jeremy Cooper said. "What this and other National Seniors research clearly highlights is that people treat the age pension ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... decade and start to offer bonuses to nudge its retirement members away from account-based pensions and towards retirement income streams. In recent months, Atkin has also spoken about the flaws in CIPRs legislation and the fund's stance that retirement ...

Non-compliant personal advice rife at super funds: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... funds have a very important role to play in meeting the financial advice needs of members wanting to build their retirement income. It was pleasing to see that the personal advice reviewed was generally appropriate for members." "We recognise that inappropriate ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... 26 policy submissions to government and are in the process of preparing our response to the much anticipated Retirement Income Review paper released last Friday (November 22)," said McNulty. The luncheon's guest speaker was Rabia Siddique, a human ...