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Pre-retirees understand super's objective

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
More than 80% of pre-retirees are expecting superannuation to be the source of their retirement income, highlighting senior Australians are conscious of super's objective. A recent survey commissioned by Challenger, and conducted by the National Seniors ...

Plato releases global managed risk fund for retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... retirement focused product to create in almost as many years," Plato managing director Don Hamson said. He added, "While retirees are looking for high and generally stable income, we don't believe this means they need to invest in cash and property and ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... stability." "It is essential that the objective not only has a focus on providing retirement income, but also ensures that retirees are able to build adequate retirement savings through the superannuation system to manage the financial risks of ageing ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... investors about Australia at a time of global volatility," he said. In calling for the Royal Commission, Shorten said: "Retirees who have had their retirement savings gutted. Families have been rorted out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Small business ...

The lucky country may not be so for future generations

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... indicated they'll rely on family inheritance to pay off their mortgage or ensure their financial security. Currently 53% of retirees rely on the government for funding, but only 44% of those who are transitioning to retirement think they will need government ...

Lump sum withdrawals to fall to 4% by 2025: Rice Warner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... assets were taken as a full lump sum in 2013-14 according to research by Rice Warner, destabilising the view that many retirees rapidly spend their super and fall back on a full Age Pension. Used to support its 2016 pre-budget submission, the Colonial ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... which Investment Trends recognised as the Best New Functionality in platforms during 2015. "No other platform offers retirees and their advisers such easy and convenient access to the leading term and lifetime annuities for retirement planning," Chun ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... hard to define" but it will help to address fallacious and confusing messages among all of super's participants, from retirees to industry professionals. He said myths about what people need to save before retiring are sending the wrong message to many ...

Plato fund highly rated by SQM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... to deliver high levels of income in a sector which is not known for strong income," he said. "This suits the needs of retirees who require strong income to fund their retirement needs, but also need the diversification benefits of global equities to ...

Actuaries re-enter super housing debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... only a place to live, but also a store of considerable untapped wealth. The Institute said governments should facilitate retirees' ability to access equity locked up in the family home due to doubts over the ability of superannuation to provide a sustainable ...