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Challenger finalises partnerships with three super funds

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016

... via the same AAS platform, likely later in 2016. "Challenger strongly encourages these partnerships as a way to help retirees manage their financial affairs with greater certainty and flexibility after accumulating savings in industry funds over many ...

MGP subsidiary buys stake in QLD advice firm

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016

... founder and director of GPS Wealth - which provides licensee services to the practice. The firm targets accumulators and retirees aged 35 to 50. Planner Holdings was launched in 2015 to provide expansion capital to advice firms with substantial SMSF ...

Longevity driving interest in risk pooled products

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016

... ensure that they are suitable for them. "Mortality credits are a potentially valuable source of return for longer-lived retirees. However, the value of mortality credits is heavily affected by product design, and can vary depending on whether an insurer ...

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016

... members don't increase allocations to international equities it will become difficult for the sector to create self-funded retirees. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock told a recent media briefing in Sydney that SMSF members are too comfortable investing ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016

... collectively manage more than $480 billion in assets on behalf of over eight million Australian superannuation fund members and retirees.

Retirees can't rely on "mediocre" large-caps: Montgomery

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016

A portfolio of conventional blue chip stocks will only ever provide mediocre long-term returns given the constraints these companies are under, according to Montgomery Investment Management chair Roger Montgomery. In his new "Earning or Yearning?" whitepaper ...

New wave of retirees to challenge advisers

KERRIE SYDEE | THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016

The new wave of baby boomer retirees is set to dramatically change the direction of financial advice, argues industry consultant John Wiseman. According to Wiseman, advisers will be faced with a number of challenges as they search for solutions that ...

Well over $3m in super savings needed

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016

... themselves independently throughout retirement. He notes that an account balance of $3.2 million is not enough to ensure retirees are able to make their super savings last for the whole of their lives. "For a woman who retires at 60 with $2 million in ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016

Retirees' cost of living reduced in the first three months of 2016 but it doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly ...

Super needs to pick up its retirement game

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016

... sequencing risk and how to best manage the Age Pension. On investment outcome diversity, Howes said asset allocation for retirees is generally the same in accumulation, i.e. a balanced fund, and it is not serving members well. "Our research shows that ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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