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Super flagged to repair Australia's budget

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... (CEDA) has put forward five options for repairing the federal budget balance by 2018, two of which centre around superannuation taxes. CEDA's first budget repair option includes a progressive super contributions tax with a 15% discount that would generate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... abilities" (23% for both). More than half of respondents (53%) expected to derive personal retirement income from "superannuation/annuity/allocated pension". US consumer confidence A rebound on Wall Street and a more dovish Fed pushed the Conference ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... or even climbing, asset allocation glidepath in post-retirement may be a more sensible approach for target-date superannuation funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions and portfolio manager Anne Lester said at the Conference ...

SMSFA calls for concessional caps flexibility

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... caps to allow Australians to carry forward unused concessional contribution cap amounts and contribute to their superannuation when their circumstances allow. In its 2016 Budget submission, the SMSF Association urged the Federal Government to end their ...

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

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... Stream Index research by Rice Warner and CFS found that 83% of the value of all retirement benefits were invested in superannuation pensions and that a further 7% were taken as a partial lump sum. The research also highlighted that at least one third ...

More Australians intend to retire later

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... for women) and 'personal health or physical abilities' (23% for both men and women). In encouraging news for the superannuation sector, just over half (53%) reported their main expected source of personal income at retirement as 'superannuation/annuity/allocated ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Superannuation funds must have a vested interest in reducing the number of indigenous Australians who are fully or severely financially excluded from the mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive ...

Little separates Australia's largest custodians

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... for foreign clients (sub-custody) grew by 3.3% to $1.2 trillion. ACSA chair David Knights said as the Australian superannuation sector grows and markets need to absorb more capital, fund trustees are looking beyond local shores to remain well-diversified. ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... climate change and investments steering committee to form its strategy around managing climate change risk across the superannuation fund's investment portfolio. In a letter to members, VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said the $15 billion fund's ...

YBR acquires News Corp platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... acquisition of brightday helps enable this. "Giving customers superior digital access and tools for investments and superannuation is an important tactic in building our wealth volumes. We have already seen great engagement through Guru...brightday is ...