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Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... Chifley Super with 15.1%, and First State Super and IOOF Employer Super both with 15.0%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 18.4%, REST with 17.1%, Chifley Super with 17.0%, legalsuper ...

Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... the relatively high fees charged by Australian superannuation funds will cost consumers thousands of dollars in retirement funds. It found, for example, that for a 25-year-old entering the workforce in 2010, an annual fee of 1.2% would reduce his or ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... and IOOF Employer Super with 15.5%, and Intrust, REST and legalsuper all with 15.3%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 18.3%, legalsuper with 16.9%, First State Super with 16.8%, REST ...

HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... resolution on Wednesday, on the grounds that ASU members, most of whom are members of HESTA, did not want their retirement funds invested in Manus Island detention centre, which Transfield runs. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, the ...

Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... (Finsia) reveals that the standard 4% retirement income drawdown may be too high and inadvertently result in retirement funds running out too quickly. The research is detailed in the Finsia report 'How safe are safe withdrawal rates in retirement? An ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at whether longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Portfolio Service with 19.8%, Perpetual Wealth Focus with 19.6% and legalsuper with 19.3%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 23.9%, Aon with 22.5%, REST with 22.0%, legalsuper with ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Women are developing deep seated concerns over not having enough retirement funds, according to the MLC Australian Wealth Sentiment Survey. The survey questioned more than 2000 Australians, with special emphasis on gender, age and location. The main ...

Super funds post 15.3 pct return for August

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Wealth Focus with 19.1%, Mercer with 21.4%, and both legalsuper and REST tying on 18.7% The top five public offer Retirement funds measured by their balanced options over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 22.7%, legalsuper with 21.9%, Telstra with 21.5% ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... particular, public - to go up the risk curve. Meanwhile, DC schemes worldwide have moved towards 'target-income retirement funds'. Forster said the demise of DB schemes, which provided beneficiaries with a reliable, defined income, will see a rise in ...