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Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Insurance bonds are rising in prominence as a way of addressing retirement income shortfalls, according to Austock Life. The bond issuer's research found retirees are increasingly looking for savings and investment vehicles outside superannuation to ...

Severe inadequacies in retiree portfolios: VicSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... superannuation sector will need to adjust to these generational challenges. The super fund said that Australia's retirement income industry will need to roll out more products like VicSuper's own guaranteed income accounts, which "offer longer-term stability ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... 4.5% at $161.6 billion - the main superannuation market saw only a small growth of 0.7%. The two other major retirement income and unit trusts and investment funds sub-markets were both lower by 7.7% and 4.7%. The cash trusts and investment bonds markets ...

Strong SMSFs bridging gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... specialist members in this area," Slattery said. "It also shows younger people are being actively involved in their retirement income strategies, and this can only enhance their ability to achieve a dignified and secure retirement." Overall the report ...

Garcia to exit AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... year tenure, AIST has thrived as an active and highly respected industry association with impact on super and retirement income policy, trustee and fund staff education and professional industry standards." Garcia described the profit-for-member super ...

MySuper progresses to MyRetirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... to be in the best interests of the majority of members, the Federal Government said. It will be an efficient retirement income stream product that provides higher income compared to investing fully in an account-based pension drawn down at minimum rates ...

RI Advice launches retirement planning toolkit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... media services. The dealer group said its new product complements a three-year strategy which also included retirement income-focused model portfolios designed by ANZ. To boost awareness of the toolkit, RI also partnered with not-for-profit retiree association ...

New CEO for Kinetic Super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Kinetic Super appointed a chief executive following Andrew Barnett's resignation. Barnett, who has departed the super fund due to personal health reasons, became chief executive in May this year. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at NAB and its ...

Industry funds lead Labor's super inquiry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... of workers eligible for SG are being short-changed. "The implications are wider than the individual. Today's retirement income policies are made on the assumption that, into the future, we'll all have super. As pension access tightens and home ownership ...

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Up to 300,000 part-pensioners will have to make significant changes to their retirement income strategy to avoid losing out to the 2017 asset test changes, according to Plato Investment Management research. Plato's research found that in order to maintain ...