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Future still belongs to super

... unintended or adverse consequences," noted Deloitte. According to Rainmaker, another major shift is the role of retirement funds, which they project will increase from 24 per cent of the market today to 36 per cent within a decade.

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... for its local arm after discovering that the name "superfund" is an ubiquitous term in Australia, referring to retirement funds in general. SuperAlphaFund managing director Matthias Gaertner said the move follows a similar strategy overseas where all ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Super rules has made it beneficial for retirees to keep their money within super, prompting several super and retirement funds to launch their own account-based pension products. This has prompted Cuscal, which has traditionally serviced credit unions ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

... Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said the CompareOnline service now spans 535 super and retirement funds, including nearly 300 master trust and more than 150 industry fund products and divisions. "Following on from significant ...

Right on target: Vanguard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... portfolios of more than 1.24 million people with 401(k) plans, the US equivalent to Australian's superannuation or retirement funds. The report found that those who invested in target-date funds, or funds that automatically adjusts equity allocation ...

Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... said. CPAA pointed out that since the middle of last year, when the sub-prime crisis started to unravel, Chile's retirement funds have already adopted defensive strategies. They invested more in Chile and less overseas, shifted more cash into fixed income ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Australia's retirement funds including State Super, Australian Super, UniSuper and the Future Fund are some of the fastest growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent. The Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... results are that Workplace Super funds now average 1.41 per cent, Personal Super funds average 2.03 per cent and Retirement funds average 1.86 per cent. The overall weighted industry average is 1.36 per cent," said Keevers. These fee benchmarks mean ...

UBS and Genworth tap income-for-life market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... introduce a guaranteed income for life option for 401(k) participants that will be made available via UBS' target retirement funds and other investment options. The venture is expected to take off by the end of March this year. "The benefit will be designed ...

The golden age of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... aging population all institutions needed to comprehend and position themselves in the SMSF sector to capture post retirement funds. "The post retirement sector, with the five year transitional rule, a large part of the population in their 50s, the growth ...