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SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... 20 years, he said. The retirement product of the year category was dominated by the retail sector, with AMP Flexible Lifetime Allocated Pension and netwealth Super Wrap Standard Income Stream respectively winning the Value and Premium Choice categories. ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... superannuation savings because the average woman does not work as long as the average man during the course of their lifetime. She said linking superannuation benefits exclusively to paid work has serious consequences on the accumulation of retirement ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... with a five year ROR of 9.3 per cent. Perpetual Investor Choice came in at 63rd place with 9.2 per cent and BT Classic Lifetime came in at 65th place on the same result.

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Investment products that will be in hot demand in the future, such as lifetime annuities, are in short supply - but not for long. Today the peak body for retirees, National Seniors Australia, welcomed news that the Henry review will look at new income ...

Cooper the competition crusader is coming

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... as you move up the wealth scale, you start to need more bells and whistles. "In the beginning of your superannuation lifetime, it might be better to start with a basic product, with lower costs, and possibly much larger scale than we we're seeing at ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... providers and investors are speaking a different language about one of the biggest investments a person will have in their lifetime," Doyle said. Around 50 per cent of the Australians who responded to the Super WealthSmart Survey said super was "too ...

Super without worries

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... product is not so much on how it protects savings during bad markets but more on how it protects savings over the person's lifetime. "We know that markets decrease and increase, what North does is it flattens those cycles so that at the end of the day ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
After more than a year at the helm, ING Australia's chief executive Harry Stout said the group is gearing up to launch a new suite of income and investment products tailored around longevity risks. At a time when most investment houses are hunkering ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... This is where the firm's launch of a simple, low cost, commission free, easy to access superannuation fund; Flexible Lifetime Super Easy comes into play. "To make our product statements more transparent and easier to understand, we've also invested significantly ...

ASF names former S&P head as CEO

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... Zealand. He has already been a strong contributor in past ASF initiatives and was recognised for his efforts with the ASF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. "A functioning securitisation market is vital to credit creation in Australia and so in turn ...