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Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... are largely disengaged with their super, this could be in the form of a default 'MyPension', which offers an allocated pension alongside the option to invest in a product that offers longevity protection." Vamos also encouraged unified regulation to ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... 2012 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey found that large Australian pension funds allocated little more than 10% to the asset class. That compares to a global average of just over 50%. Those figures mean that Australia's ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... are the most popular option because they give retirees control and flexibility over their lifetime savings. However, "allocated pensions don't protect retirees from longevity, inflation and investment risks." Our view is that there is not one product ...

SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... personally deductible contributions go to SMSFs," LaGreca said. Adding to the complexity, "Contributions don't have to be allocated on the day they are made; they can span two separate financial years if they are made in June," he added. LaGreca said ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... told Financial Standard. "But at the moment deferred annuities don't work from a tax perspective and they don't work in allocated pensions." She added: "I'd love to sell deferred annuities to my 40-year-olds. Because at 40 deferred annuities are chea ...

FEATURE: Insuring against longevity risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... sophisticated retirementA income space. So far the default answer to the problem of retirement income has been the allocated pension which is the accumulation phase in reverse. Superannuants remain individual investors, but shift their assets into more ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... our members that provided that underlying guarantee, whilst at the same time having many of the features of an allocated pension, and thus ensuring that if a member dies early, they don't feel that they've forfeited a large portion of their retirement ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... Morgan Stanley figures from 2011 the average pension scheme in the US, UK and Europe have about 6.3% of their assets allocated to emerging markets in fixed income and equity. Melendez said that the average Australian superannuation fund had around 20-30% ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... data shows that in 2012 its clients - which include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies - allocated 70% more assets to hedge fund and private market strategies than in 2010, reaching $12 billion for the year. Craig Baker, global ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... providers, insurance features and investment options, the tool spans the full range of superannuation funds and allocated pension products, including master trusts, industry funds, corporate funds, and government funds. Holding a comprehensive range ...