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Leave dividend imputation system as is: Plato

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... members are in accumulation phase, paying 15% tax on fund earnings together with contributions tax," he said. Self-funded retirees who fall just outside the assets test thresholds ($837,000 for couple home owners who are home owners or $556,500 for a ...

Average superannuation balances double, female savings lag

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... research shows. Roy Morgan research shows that despite a doubling of the average superannuation balances of intending retirees, females still lag well behind males. According to Roy Morgan, the average superannuation balance of a woman intending to retire ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... Duffield said. One is that CIPRs don't adequately appreciate the volatility of investments over changing economic conditions retirees encounter over 20 to 40 years. In the current low interest rate and expected return environment, another concern is ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... morning. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper said he welcomed Draft Recommendation 11 - Guidance for pre-retirees, but a problem by and large is the superannuation industry's focus on boosting assets over the accumulation phase. What ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... solutions team will help shift that sentiment and contribute to a greater sense of financial security for Australian retirees." When Shead spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast last ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... "On a household basis, at retirement our super system is delivering meaningful balances. So much so that six out of 10 retirees are now partly or fully funding their own retirement," he said. Because of this growth, many super funds now manage assets ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... managing retiree spending. The asset manager has designed a solution in the US, assisted by retiree data, which aims to help retirees "reduce the likelihood of withdrawing too much or too little." Its SmartSpending fund was launched in 2016. JPMAM head ...

Age Pension needs national objective: Actuary

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... fiscal change makes it important to "evaluate the nature and purpose of the Age Pension and broader ongoing needs of retirees." It supports his call for an Age Pension objective to be set, much the same way an objective for superannuation is currently ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... once projects are stabilised, infrastructure assets represent a valuable opportunity set for investors, particularly for retirees as they tend to be monopolistic in nature, enjoy regulatory protection, and future cash flows are generally adjusted in ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... requirement for superannuation trustees to include comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs) will boost outcomes for retirees in blended annuity portfolios. As per the changes in the Budget, the new means test rules will also enable the development ...