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FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
A new wave of retirees is learning that years of accumulation need further thought. Darren Snyder reports. A recent Commonwealth Bank media roundtable showed projections by Rice Warner that Australia's retirement market would reach more than $1.4 trillion ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... the default arrangements - if they exist in the post-retirement phase - will work and how they transition from the accumulation phase," Fitzpatrick said. The comments came after AIST chief executive Tom Garcia opened the conference A calling for the ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis suggested it may also be because baby boomers exiting the accumulation phase are less interested in running their own funds in retirement. Speaking to Financial Standard, he argued, "Some retirees ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... benchmark relative managers aren't going to blow their risk budgets. As a large portion of Australians move from accumulation to post-retirement, McLaughlin said there would be an increased market for defensive assets including bonds. "Super funds don't ...

Sigma wins industry fund equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... goes to Sigma's Select strategy, a high conviction broad cap value strategy that has outperformed the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation index by 2.2% per annum since inception four years ago. Sigma director and founder Heath Behncke said the firm could not reveal ...

Industry fund competes directly with advice networks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... covers not just superannuation-related topics but broader financial issues such as investment strategies, wealth accumulation, insurance or retirement and estate planning," McCartney said.

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... coming from local institutions is that they are focused on long-term investments that will deliver for members in both accumulation and retirement phases. There is naturally a lot of competition for assets that can achieve that. "Ultimately, investors ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... compound earnings and government tax concessions. Women currently earn lower average pay than men and their super accumulation is typically disrupted to take time out to have children. This results in lower contributions, lower compound earnings and ...

Scrapping dividend imputation costly for retirees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... would lose the current refund benefits on their zero or low tax rates. "Currently, dividend imputation over both the accumulation and retirement stages leads to an approximate 13% increase in retirement income streams," Vamos said. "For a worker on an ...

Tasplan and Quadrant to use Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... merger in November. The move will also help prepare Tasplan and Quadrant for a potential merger with the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. The second merger is already supported by the Tasmanian government. Tasplan currently outsources its administration ...