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Challenger and Link partner to offer super annuities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... distribution, product and marketing Paul Rogan. "This leverages the capability that Challenger has built in enabling superannuation platforms to broaden their offering to include guaranteed retirement income solutions. We expect our solutions to be accessible ...

Cbus adds property, infrastructure investment options

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... Managed investment option in September 2014 for fund members who wished to take control in constructing their own superannuation strategy and investment portfolio.

Govt pulls Public Sector Super fee subsidy

Members of the Public Sector Superannuation accumulation plan (PSSap) will now have to pay superannuation fees after the government pulled funding for a subsidy. Some 83,000 members will have to pay the $6.50 per month admin fees previously paid by ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Australia's compulsory superannuation system and its positive effects for individuals and the economy should not be lost in the Tax Discussion Paper process. This is the view of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who recently ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The chief executive of superannuation research and advice firm Rice Warner believes Australians will be set up for poor retirement unless the industry kills off its many myths. In his latest column for Rice Warner, Michael Rice said many proposed solutions ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... 2015 quarter however year on year the decline was a much more modest 3.5%. While overall Inflows into the main superannuation market were flat, down a marginal 0.4%, the retirement income market saw a 9.4% annual inflow increase. The other main market ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Cbus chief executive David Atkin has again flatly denied having any knowledge of the superannuation fund releasing members' personal information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission ...

Early release super approvals increasing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
About 73% of Australians who applied for an early release of their superannuation were given approval in the first 10 months of the 2014-15 financial year, according to data from the Department of Human Services. As of April more than 16,000 early release ...

VicSuper and Challenger launch integrated super retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
VicSuper has answered the Financial System Inquiry's call for superannuation trustees to introduce measures that will potentially protect members' longevity risk and improve efficiency in retirement. In conjunction with investment management firm Challenger ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... good news is that Australians are living longer. But we know more years in retirement places more strain on our superannuation balances so it's likely many of us will need to work longer," noted AMP chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury. "This raises ...