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Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... Rice Warner underinsurance report calculates that Australians are underinsured by approximately $1.8 billion and "the default cover of typical superannuation funds do not meet the needs of many Australian families." "The cost of underinsurance to the ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... the next decade, even without further restructuring. "Fees have been reduced with the introduction of the new MySuper default funds, but Australians will be much better off in retirement with a more competitive superannuation system," Bragg continued. ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Western Asset Management chief investment officer Ken Leech believes the bond market will have reasonably low rates for longer than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal ...

SLI introduces international real estate risk tool

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... components of the score are market size, ease of doing business, competitiveness, innovation, public sector corruption, credit default swap spreads, and transparency. The rankings will be updated on a quarterly basis.

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... implementing a Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. It will also alter the current default dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) election to allow new investors to opt-in, rather than requiring them to opt-out. ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... superannuation fund. Legislation currently denies Australians joining superannuation funds which haveA lower fees than some default funds."

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... relatively small balances," the COTA report said. Graham says Australia's super system to date has been much more about default funds and collective styles of outcomes "where a large cohort of people in accumulation can be appropriate." "But it becomes ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... detail about the importance of fixed income ETF investing. He mentioned the serious under-representation of bond assets in default Australian investment strategies, which typically represent around 16%, and on average don't appear at all in self-managed ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... very interested in the developments proposed in this area [post-retirement]. We will be looking very closely at how the default arrangements - if they exist in the post-retirement phase - will work and how they transition from the accumulation phase," ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... especially in light of falling super fund returns after the GFC. But with returns improving and MySuper driving down fees for default superannuation options, members can now arguably get a better deal by staying with an external trustee. "Cost was a ...