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VicSuper appoints product manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new product manager to help tackle the retirement income conundrum. Amanda Hoffman joins VicSuper from Industry Fund Services, where she was a senior product manager. Before that she held senior roles at Orchard Funds Management ...

Mercer appoints commercialisation director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... new role, he will report to Mercer client growth leader Mette Schepers and focus on distribution for Mercer's retirement income product, Mercer Lifetime Plus. In a recent Financial Standard interview, Mercer senior partner David Knox described how when ...

Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... funded by lower wages, which would translate to lower living standards for workers. "If we project forward the retirement income for a median income earner working for 40 years, and account for just compulsory super contributions, we find that today's ...

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... flexibility for those with broken work patterns." The draft legislation also: Encourages the development of innovative retirement income products to provide more choice and flexibility for retirees; Attempts to ensure that transition to retirement income ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IRESS has entered an agreement to acquire an established Australian superannuation software business for a total purchase price of up to $90 million. The agreement will see IRESS acquire Financial Synergy, with the transaction expected to be complete ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... shortcomings in the draft report include the interpretation of superannuation's objective and the treatment of retirement income and risk. Several of the most recent public submissions focus on the Commission's measurement of insurance in super, and ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... Alan Kirkland believes bi-partisan government support is needed for a superannuation objective that makes the retirement income message clear. Kirkland says too often debates occur around super's purpose and whether people's retirement savings should ...

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... by the Government's superannuation reforms "that will introduce greater flexibility and sustainability to our retirement income system." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it supports the government's revised superannuation ...

Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... funds including Real Income, Equity Income, Australian Bond, Global Opportunistic Fixed Income and Multi Asset Retirement Income funds. Legg Mason has about US$670 billion under management globally. In Australia, Legg Mason manages more than $35 billion ...

CIPR discussion paper by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... Products for Retirement but Treasury says a framework discussion paper will be released by year's end. Treasury retirement income policy division head, Jenny Wilkinson, told the Australian Superannuation Investment conference in Cairns the discussion ...