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Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... mobility. The APRA annual research report also confirmed the realisation that while industry funds dominate membership of younger superannuation members, older members and retirees are much more aligned with retail funds and their fuller features and ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. The new report, 'Intimate with Self Managed Superannuation' was commissioned by Russell and SPAA and conducted ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Wealth Enhancers. Synchron director, Don Trapnell points to the organisation's NextGen program as key to the success of younger advisers such as those at Wealth Enhancers. "NextGen is a program we introduced to encourage younger advisers to join Synchron ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... in China was that it gave Australians access to companies not available to investors here, as well as the fact that the younger population will increase the demand for consumption. "Demand [for consumption] globally is really going to shift from the ...

Call for new generation annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... annuities be culled to allow local market use along with new generation of products that cater for new client demands and a younger audience. "Such annuities are not being treated as a retirement product for tax purposes, instead they are viewed in part ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... educating women in planning for their retirement." According to SPAA, tax office figures also show SMSF females tend to be younger than male trustees, with most women in the accumulation phase. "One way of addressing the gender imbalance in retirement ...

MySuper regulations fundamentally flawed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Sengupta. "If the fund has to charge all members the same investment management fee then older members would be subsidising younger members in the more growth-oriented strategies," she said. Aon is calling on the government to allow differential pricing ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... analysis as trustees in these funds manage their assets less pro-actively and because retail funds are generally much younger funds with shorter track records. Dunnin said you need to look at the results this way because simplistically analysing the ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... the $1.23 trillion total super assets. It also points to a growing trend in recent years for members of new SMSFs to be younger than the total SMSF member population. However overall SMSF members tended to be older and have higher average balances and ...

Energy Super turns to YouTube

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... such as potential tax savings. More videos are planned that will focus on investment options and insurance. Aimed it is younger super members, Gen Y (those aged between 12 - 30 years) make up 30% of the fund's membership base, with this figure expected ...