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AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
AMP Financial Services is launching a simple, low cost, no commission online superannuation fund, Flexible Lifetime Super Easy, designed to appeal to Gen X and Y. This move by AMP follows a trend by Virgin Superannuation, Max Super and the popular BT ...

AvSuper revamps death insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... January this year. "The provisions allow for the effective reimbursement of contributions tax paid throughout the member's lifetime... paid out as a death benefits to generally the spouse or children of a deceased member," said Griffiths. AvSuper said ...

UK consumers embrace online comparison tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... offering firms lower value. "Providers need to put the most retention effort towards existing customers who have the highest lifetime value against the cost of servicing them," said Mya Myat Moe, analyst at Datamonitor and author of the report. Segmenting ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
'Words and music make a song.' (Andy Gibb) Wall Street's performance overnight showed what some choice words and a 'memo' could do to market sentiment. The S&P 500's 6.4 per cent surge last night provided a preview of the sharp reversal the equity markets ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Challenger snapped the Short Term Annuities and Long Term Annuities awards while CommInsure received the top marks in Lifetime Annuities.

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... returned just over four per cent and Military Super - Growth option which lost 6.7 per cent during 2008. In contrast, the BT Lifetime Super Employer Plan - Multi Manager Balanced and AMP SignatureSuper - Future Directions Balanced were among the bottom ...

Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... demographic trend today is that people cycle in and out of work to pursue other interests so the government should encourage a "lifetime savings system", said Darren Wickham, Mercer principal and 2008 Actuary of the Year. Under this system, people can ...

Baby boomers hold retirement plans

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... high 80 per cent of respondents want products that protect retirement income or guarantee an income during the member's lifetime. The results of the survey are broadly similar to an AXA Australia survey that found more than 50 per cent of Australians ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
More than 800,000 super members under AMP's Flexible Lifetime Super can now save as much as $110,000 more for their retirement by using AMP's transition to retirement (TTR) strategy alongside the group's newly-launched Pension Refresh option. AMP has ...

Aussies shun local equities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... the second lowest rating since 2005, and does not reflect an economy that was supposedly benefiting from a once in a lifetime mining boom," noted the CoreData report. But how do investors feel about their current investments? Surprisingly, a hefty 29 ...