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TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... never been a more important time to maintain consistency in contributions. The current tax incentives available to Australians to self-fund their retirement are "first rate", he said, so investors should be gearing up to take advantage of them. But due ...

Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Unlisted assets will soon take a back seat as industry funds eye "good value" assets in the listed space in 2009, according to Frontier Investment Consulting. Frontier, which has approximately $97 billion in funds under advice, is taking a cautious ...

Divide super for members: Rainmaker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Australians should be separated into those that want a 'set and forget' fund and others that want a full service super solution to ensure members are in the appropriate fund, according to Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker Information director of research. Speaking ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Aviva has launched a new Income Daily Living product that insures non-working spouses and Australians in high risk occupations. The new product will offer protection to occupations traditionally classified as 'too risky', such as labourers, window cleaners ...

Indigenous Australians get fin lit boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, is meeting with Indigenous leaders and service providers in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory to heighten residents' awareness of super and financial literacy. Senator ...

You are what you Google

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... clicks, only one finance company, ANZ, made it to the top 20 fastest rising Australian searches of 2008. Instead more Australians googled Miley Cyrus, Underbelly and Sarah Palin this year than look up sites related to money. Drilling down to state-by-state ...

Life insurance too complicated: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... four don't know the level of cover they need. In a clear message to product developers, the survey found one in five Australians without life insurance said it's too hard to choose an appropriate product. "If you don't understand something you're going ...

Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... they will outlive their retirement savings instead of the other way around, which is potentially the case for many Australians. The government and the industry should also consider introducing lay-by style aged pension where Australians can pay a certain ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
The government's push to centralise SG contributions processing will benefit the growing number of Australians who exercised choice-of-fund, up 25 per cent in the September quarter compared to the same time last year. Superannuation admin provider SuperChoice ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Justin Pascoe, the newly appointed chief investment officer of the $36.4 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, will share his insight on how to buffer the fund from the global financial crisis at this year's IMCA conference. Pascoe, an ex-Goldman ...