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STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Challenger reports big boost in annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... does not apply the same tax concessions to annuities as it does to other retirement products. Ross Clare, director of research at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said that ASFA is due shortly to have discussions with the ...

Dalton Nicol Reid consistency rewarded with Lonsec upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR)'s flagship Australian Equities High Conviction Portfolio has received a 'Recommended' rating from research house Lonsec. The model portfolio aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index by 4% per annum over rolling three ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... authorisation. Even though 78 MySuper products are authorised, only abut 20 are actually open and active in the market, noted research from Rainmaker.

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... not need or want. To coincide with the launch, the one million member super fund has published a new survey from Galaxy Research, which showed that 75% of Australians would not be confident reviewing their investment options by themselves. Sunsuper's ...

Fund members still resisting super engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... director, said even the sector's highest rated fund for NPS, AustralianSuper, could only achieve -23%. Reinforcing other research in this regard, Roberts said, "non-retail funds are more likely to be recommended by their customers to others than their ...

Philanthropic trust awards $2m biomedical research grants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... philanthropic trust managed by Perpetual, last night announced the recipients of the annual Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research. The main award of $1 million went to the Centenary Institute's Cytometry research program, with the $50,000 Medal for ...

Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... at least 60% of Australian reported to be either overweight or obese, our national health is in the spotlight. Recent research puts the financial cost of obesity at $8.28 billion per year for Australia, over a third of which is borne by the taxpayer. ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... canvassed, including increasing the rate of compulsory contributions for women and changing their investment strategies, research by Michael E Drew and Anup K Basu said the SG rate for women would need to be raised to 16% in order to cover gender inequity. ...

Tailor advice to each generation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Advisers should tailor their communication strategies to suit the needs of each generation, but in the age of internet, face to face meetings are still the clients' preferred system to communicate with advisers. An AFA white paper revealed that, while ...