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CGT overshadows Simpler Super benefits: Centric

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... income streams, practical issues still limited the options for people with existing products, such as term allocated pensions (TAPs). Existing TAPs can now only roll-over to lifetime income streams, and it remained unclear whether rolling over from an ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... which will be seen in the future, this step is vital. In the 1960s, the average length of time for which people received pensions was 10 years, whilst today's higher life expectancy means that people receive pensions for an average of 17 years." But ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... policy ramifications in almost every area of government - health, education, family benefits, welfare, superannuation, pensions. "The first IGR put the ageing of the population on the map," he said. "Demography is destiny" and we have to make people ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

... that in 2005, Asian and European pension funds have taken over. The 2005 joint survey by Watson Wyatt and US publication Pensions & Investments on the top 20 pension funds has revealed that US funds' have lost their market share from 66 per cent of the ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

... emerging such as the push for riskier products and the rise of alternative asset classes, according to a new survey. Pensions & Investments, a US based investments publication conducted the annual survey which gathered data from 53 fund managers. This ...

Super funds could offer transaction banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... members under the Simplified Super changes announced in last year's Budget. The abolition of taxes on super benefits, both pensions and lump sums (for those aged 60 or over) and the abolition of compulsory cashing for the over-65s mean that retirees ...

Perpetual repatriates UK pension benefits

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The British pensions regulator, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, has awarded Perpetual Wealthfocus 'Qualifying Registered Overseas Pension Scheme' (QROPS) status as part of recent legislative changes. This recognition means that UK expatriates will ...

First SEQUAL approved broker

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... order that they can assist their clients to make a fully informed decision and properly consider how they may impact pensions or Centrelink payments," said Murray. According to Kieren Dell, executive director of SEQUAL, the reverse mortgage market has ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

... restrictions in 2005, global stock market performance matters more than ever," said McDougall. According to RBC Dexia, Canadian pensions gained 18.3 per cent more than the S&P TSX Composite benchmark over the year by reducing its investments in resources. ...

NSW Bookmakers and Perpetual top super tables

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... over three years and 50.8 per cent over the last 12 months. Keevers said the data also looked attractive for allocated pensions. "For allocated pension funds, the October 2006 Rainmaker/SelectingSuper Balanced Option Index over one, three and five years ...