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Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
As volatility and interest rate movements remain top concerns for investors, many are divided on the impact these risks will have on portfolio returns, the latest Natixis Investment Managers survey shows. About eight-in-ten (78%) of the 200 fund researchers ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Challenger said the new 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 ...

Budget means Aussies can get more from retirement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Diversified wealth managers IOOF and StatePlus have led industry support for superannuation measures introduced in last night's Budget. IOOF highlighted how Australians stand to benefit from changes to superannuation policy which would allow planning ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... account for inflation and expected wage movements over the next seven years. Under the Turnbull Government's personal tax plan, most working Australians earning above $41,000 are likely to never face a higher marginal tax rate through their entire working ...

Budget 2018: Social media reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
No sooner had Treasurer Scott Morrison uttered his first words of the 2018 Budget when social media commentators began having their say. Here's how Twitter reacted. "A stronger economy. More jobs. Guaranteeing essential services. The Government living ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Working baby boomers who also receive age pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. The 2018 Budget initiative formed part of Treasurer Scott Morrison's $258.6 million baby ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Both ASIC and APRA will receive additional payments from the Government in light of the financial services Royal Commission. ASIC will receive $10.6 million over two years from 2017-18 and APRA will receive $2.7 million in 2018-19. The Government said ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... efforts to reform the pensions test for lifetime annuities, and the concept requiring trustees to formulate a retirement plan for members. "This change should provide certainty to the industry to facilitate the development of these products to meet the ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... assessment and set the governing investment principles, Woodhouse said. "We are an investment team that sits within a pension plan but the pension plan itself has cultures embedded into it," Woodhouse added. The investment team participates in project ...

ANZ considering buy-back with life insurance paycheck

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... its recent half-year results, ANZ announced an intention to once again neutralise the impact of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) through on-market share purchases. This purchase will run from May 18 to May 31, via a third party. ANZ has confirmed ...