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Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The University of Melbourne says the long-term sustainability of Australia's retirement system is under threat from a growing wealth divide across generations. According to the university's latest Housing, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) ...

Retirement advice will take hit from education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
Australian baby boomers will struggle to receive quality financial advice as experienced financial planners continue to offload practices at bargain prices in the face of regulatory reform. As more high-level advice needs grow for Australians facing ...

Australian Unity launches funeral bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Australian Unity has launched a funeral bond that gives investors flexible investment choices outside of the traditional capital protection or guaranteed options. The FuneralPlan Bond's conservative investment option is designed for investors wanting ...

Managing the three pillars of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
Retirement income products need to be designed around three investment objectives: increasing income, reducing risk and maximising returns. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Vertium Asset Management ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Producers of retirement-oriented investment solutions are failing to equip advisers with the means required to effectively manage the risks they face when trying to achieve client objectives, according to PIMCO. Analysis by a PIMCO-Allianz Australian ...

Financial services not immune to public inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While the financial services industry has taken commendable steps in restoring consumers' trust and confidence, it is still not immune to the threat of a public inquiry like the banking sector is currently facing. The industry and its individual organisations ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Retiree portfolios stand to benefit from the asset-liability management used by institutional investors, according to AMP Capital senior portfolio manager Darren Beesley. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement ...

Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... households. Speaking alongside Shead, SSGA head of investment solutions group Mark Wills said that allocations in pre-retiree portfolios will need a greater allocation to growth assets than the historical norm, and that "active retirement" portfolios ...

Retirement income fund launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
A former Investors Mutual senior portfolio manager has re-entered the retirement income market through a multi-affiliate group, launching a fund which offers more choice in the competitive sector. Launching his own funds management firm in partnership ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... Management's 2017 Global Retirement Index ranks Australia sixth out of 43 countries when comparing the ability of nations to meet retiree needs. The firm's Australian managing director, Kevin Haran, said the country could improve its score for material ...