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Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
While the increased cost of essential items over the past decade has led to a rise in the amount required for a comfortable retirement, HSBC believes Australians are unlikely to do anything about ensuring they achieve it. The Association of Superannuation ...

Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
Zurich is offering "generous" rate reductions and discounts on a number of its life insurance products in a major upgrade since acquiring Macquarie Life. The insurer announced it will reduce rates for term, and total and permanent disablement (TPD) ...

Banks charging more for less in super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Retail funds collected $8.7 billion in superannuation fees in 2016 despite delivering 2% less per annum in performance over 10 years, according to Rainmaker research. The Rainmaker report was commissioned by Industry Super Australia, which argued that ...

Super reforms hit parliament

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
A Bill containing key amendments to the 2016 Federal Budget including changes to transition to retirement pensions and pooled super trusts has been tabled in parliament. According to IOOF's head of technical services Martin Breckon, the amendments are ...

Global real estate investors too nonchalant: Man GPM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Investors will benefit from focusing on defensive strategies within property portfolios as the overall real estate market may be gearing up for a correction. Man Global Private Markets' co-head of real assets Mikko Syrjanen believes there are too many ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Group life insurer MetLife launched a national campaign to ensure every working Australian is aware of built-in life insurance available through superannuation. Group insurance provides a "really good value base form of protection", but far too many ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
After a round of fee cuts at Vanguard, Platinum Asset Management and K2 Asset Management, it's clear headline fees are currently front-and-centre in funds management - and research argues there may be different ways to tackle the issue. The latest paper ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Lock it in, Eddie. Lock in another 25 basis point interest rate hike after the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee meets on 13-14 June. The odds of the Fed raising the fed funds rate from 0.75%-1.0% to 1.0%-1.25% next month have already risen to more ...

Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Asset managers are not doing enough to actively engage and create meaningful dialogue with investee companies, an international survey shows. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which has ¥144.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets, sought ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...