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ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... management, financial advice, group insurance and asset consultancy. "Compulsory superannuation is a foundation of our retirement income system, it should never be a honey pot for the big four banks." Whiteley said parliamentarians need to crack open ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... and Retirement Fund has launched RetireSmart, a new account-based pension product. RetireSmart is an automated retirement income solution based on the "bucket" strategy used by financial planners. Australian Catholic Superannuation chief executive Greg ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... super tax concessions and availability of the Age Pension are taken into account, government assistance for retirement income is broadly equitable across the range of incomes in the community," Vamos said. "Australia faces an ageing population with escalating ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Superannuation fund trustees have been provided a helping hand in the constant battle to manage members' retirement income. Global professional services company Towers Watson has launched a Retirement Strategy Appraisal (RSA) framework that aims to ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... assessing tax concessions' total impact, which would allow for a "better informed public policy debate about our retirement income system." SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said the association believes that the large estimates of the ...

Prime Super launches new brand

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... members uncomplicated wealth solutions, Prime Super aims to empower its members to grow, manage and protect their retirement income. "In a highly regulated industry like super, this new approach provides a real opportunity for us to make a difference ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... cater for the needs of each life stage. "One of the key things is that we are managing the need to provide a retirement income for members when they retire," chief investment officer and head of advance asset management Patrick Farrell says. "The overall ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... picnic, it has to be about is what is it going to deliver for the Australian people." Morrison confirmed that retirement income policies will keep being within the scope of the white paper. He also asked the Labor Party to leave behind old tensions and ...

Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... potentially leave retirees with the burden of running out of money. This was a key message from Legg Mason's 2015 Retirement Income Symposium where Martin Currie Australia chief investment officer, Reece Birtles, said older Australians and their financial ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... projected double-digit growth is playing on the minds of wealth managers including superannuation funds and other retirement income providers. Challenger chief executive life, Richard Howes01, says about $60 billion moves from accumulation to retirement ...