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Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... reform, the superannuation industry has already begun to take steps to make annuities more readily available to super members, such as through VicSuper's use of Challenger annuities in its comprehensive income product for retirement-style solution and ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... 2015-16 Budget measure that aims to remove an out-dated rule preventing the identification of certain lost inactive super members. Another important piece of the legislation will allow members who interact with their superannuation fund through email ...

Vision Super intra-fund advice soars

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... advisers are "paid a salary and never receive commissions or bonuses for recommending products. More and more Vision Super members are choosing to put their trust in our financial advice services."

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... head of advance asset management Patrick Farrell says. "The overall target return is to get CPI+ for all of our super members," he explains. Typically, the target for someone during the accumulation phase will be returns of 3.8% above inflation, but ...

Retirement income is not one-size-fits-all

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... wealth management, Recep III Peker, said in gauging Australian's appetite for a default retirement option, a third of super members would switch funds if guaranteed a drawdown income for the rest of their lives.

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... around retirement product development but the federal government should not be mandating particular products for super members. Opening the AIST ASI Conference today, Garcia said he expects the government will shortly announce a package laying the groundwork ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... are likely to remain supported by the current economic backdrop and historically low interest rates." Stevens said super members should be the judge when they soon receive individual super statements for the 2014/15 financial year. "This is a timely ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... believed are passively "ending up" in default funds through lack of interest or engagement. More than 1,000 default super members and 28 executives from 20 funds were surveyed as part of a broader research project in to MySuper default funds, led by ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Australians are paying attention to the superannuation conversation with new data showing super members are switching funds at a level not seen since 2010. Eleven per cent of super members switched funds last year, up from 9% in 2013. About 5% are intending ...

Equipsuper members anxious about retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Research recently commissioned by Equipsuper shows why education and advice are vital components to any superannuation fund as members become more anxious about their retirement. Equipsuper's 2015 annual member survey, conducted by CoreData, suggests ...