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MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... with a lot of success in the US," he said, largely because if you die before benefitting from the DLA, you get no death benefits. For this reason, he said deferred income annuities (DIAs) that provide more flexibility in when they commence, as well as ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (DFRB) scheme that was closed in 1972 and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) that was closed in 1991. It will work by applying the higher of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Pensioner and ...

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... property, with the risk of it being sold well below its market value, or of beneficiaries being liable for hefty death benefits and capital gains liabilities, said national manager, training and advice, Topdocs, Michael Harkin. "According to the feedback ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... new role lined up at this stage. On July 1 the MilitarySuper Board merged with the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Authority and the ARIA Board (the trustee of the CSS, PSS and PSSap civilian schemes) to form the $24 billion Commonwealth ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... between ARIA (Australian Reward Investment Alliance) and MilitarySuper boards, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority, made official on July 1 this year. ARIA's previous custodian was JP Morgan while MilitarySuper used NAB. Jeremy ...

Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... on 1 July 2011 following the merger of the ARIA and Military Super boards and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority. CSC has responsibility for managing and investing $24 billion of superannuation funds of Military personnel and Commonwealth ...

SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... industry conference heard yesterday. Anti-detriment deductions can in some cases increase rather than decrease death benefits, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference was told. SPAA has voiced ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... sparked a lot of media attention. It would be better if the pension was allowed to continue to the estate until death benefits begin to be paid, he said. Cavendish will discuss the matter in the next round of free adviser technical seminars along with ...

Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits (MSB) Board and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority. Minister for Finance and Deregulation Penny Wong, when making the annoucement, said the inaugural board will ...

HESTA forms new relationship with CommInsure

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... income protection to age 67, moving away from OnePath. Starting from next year, HESTA members will receive improved death benefits. The super fund said that under the new insurance offer, a 40 year old member will gain a 25% increase in death benefit ...