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Retirement incomes lead FUM growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Retirement incomes recorded the largest funds under management and advice growth among the retail and wholesale superannuation and investment sectors in the year to March 2015. According to research firm DEXX&R, the retirement incomes segment increased ...

MAX Awards to showcase innovation in financial services sales and marketing

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Mortgage Investment Product of the Year AMP Capital - Australian Equity Concentrated Fund Legg Mason - Multi-asset Retirement Income Trust Nikko AM - New Asia Fund State Street Global Advisors - SPDR ETFs UBS - Investment Builders Social Media Campaign ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Members are two thirds more likely to switch their personal super funds than their workplace super fund, explaining why retail wealth groups are ramping up their political campaign to decouple superannuation from industrial awards. Roy Morgan has just ...

Widen access to PLS, say cross-bench senators

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... tank said, "Extending the PLS would allow all retirees who have equity in property to use it to boost their retirement income." "Extending access to the PLS would help these and more Australian retirees turn their assets into a higher retirement income ...

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... review is a timely opportunity to examine the targeting of superannuation tax concessions to ensure Australia's retirement income system is sustainable for the long-term." Referring to the changes to the pension asset tests outlined in the budget, Garcia ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... (ISA) chief executive, David Whiteley, said the 2015 budget did not deliver Australians certainty or a coherent retirement income policy. "It reinforces the need for changes to the retirement incomes system to be taken out of the budget and electoral ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... firm Mercer recently launched a framework for super funds that reportedly tests and determines what the best retirement income strategies and products are. Titled 'Retirement Income: A framework for a complex problem', the document combines member outcome-based ...

CFS reveals retirement income strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Colonial First State (CFS) will make annuities available through its First Choice and First Wrap platforms later this year as part of a broader strategy to allow advisers to build retirement portfolios for clients. CFS general manager of retirement ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... throughout the years of retirement." As reported in Financial Standard, the CSRI was formed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... pensioner homeowners because income from the reverse mortgage would be deemed notwithstanding their overall net retirement income stream would increase. Consumers would be protected because the government should legislate to ensure these reverse mortgages ...