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Retirement income to take super centre-stage

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... bulk of the retirement income sector, making up 55% ($336 billion) of retirement income funds under management. Retail allocated pensions make up $167 billion, or 27%, public sector pensions represent $60 billion (10%) and the remainder is held in industry ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Australia's laissez-faire, free-market approach to housing. Australia's lack of a housing policy allows too much capital to be allocated to non-productive assets in the form of housing and changing this should be the policy priority, not making older ...

Investing is like a game of tennis

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... individual approaches retirement." Lifecycle funds then moved to hybrid target date funds whereby one part of the assets is allocated to a deferred annuity from the outset of saving. Rajan said those kind of funds are still in their infancy but are generating ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... they live. Elkins said recent modeling by Ernst & Young and Colonial First State showed that combinations of an allocated pension and a lifetime annuity in a retirement portfolio can potentially provide superior outcomes to an allocated pension alone. ...

Allocated pensions reach $1.4bn at Vision Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
Vision Super has recorded a 40% increase in money retained in allocated pension accounts over the past financial year. The industry fund is now managing more than $1.44 billion in post-retirement assets for its members. Vision Super chief executive ...

VicSuper and Challenger launch integrated super retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... accumulation phases. The CIPR is an integration of two new guaranteed retirement products alongside VicSuper's existing allocated pension product. VicSuper chief executive, Michael Dundon, said the partnership with Challenger is a "progressive move for ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the report indicates that the largest part of retirement income FUM will be held in SMSFs (48%), followed by retail allocated pensions (38%), industry funds (12%) and annuities (2%). Investment Trends' December 2014 Retirement Planner Report shows that ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... her clients' money. For more than 20 years, Scott made regular payments to some clients who were expecting an allocated pension payment, but from whom she had fraudulently obtained their money. Through these regular payments, Scott derived a net benefit ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... passive industry has dealt a body blow to traditional active managers by amassing significant flows in recent years. Funds allocated to index strategies grew 28% in the 12 months to end of March 2014, taking the total proportion of the funds management ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems the world of investing ...