Top performing super funds in 2015

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Median balanced options delivers 5.6% in 2015 The median Balanced Option recorded a 0.2% gain in December, taking the 2015 calendar year return to 5.6%. While this sits well below the... Read more continue reading

Innovation key to constructing comprehensive retirement income products, shows latest Parametric research

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If current superannuation themes were arranged, like pop songs, into a Top 40 chart, the concept of a ‘Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement’ (or CIPR as it is commonly known),... Read more continue reading

Technology challenges uppermost in minds of Australian super funds

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Australian super funds plan to substantially increase their spend on technology in 2016 as funds grapple with the challenges and opportunities presented by rapid technological change, according to Australia’s leading... Read more continue reading

Focus on delayed annuity purchase could be key to successful retirement planning

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A potential solution to one of the Australian superannuation industry’s biggest challenges—helping plan members make the transition to retirement—may lie partly in designing a process to enable members to effect... Read more continue reading

Sunsuper announces strategic partnership with Neuberger Berman

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Sunsuper has awarded a large diversified mandate to Neuberger Berman that will form the basis of a multi-asset class strategic partnership. Sunsuper’s partnership with Neuberger Berman accesses a globally diversified... Read more continue reading

Australia’s best superannuation funds

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A review of more than 620 superannuation products, covering 21 million super fund members, has found little correlation between size and overall net benefit to members. While large funds generally... Read more continue reading

ATO concessions reduce cost of employee share plans

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Recent ATO concessions allow certain employers to introduce employee share plans at a drastically reduced cost, including free ATO approved standard legal documentation and safe harbour valuation methods for valuing... Read more continue reading

Australian retirees should consider moving overseas to maximise retirement prospects

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The question of how Australia is going to fund Baby Boomer retirement is the ‘elephant in the room’ in Australian politics and far from being a uniquely Australian issue, it... Read more continue reading

A new approach to maximising retirement income

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  Older Australians and their financial advisers need to reconsider the traditional building blocks of retirement portfolios to avoid people running out of money in retirement, according to global asset... Read more continue reading

Small can be good for Australian super funds

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“It is too simplistic to only think that ‘bigger is better’ for all Australian superannuation funds,” said Raewyn Williams, Director of Parametric’s Research & After-Tax Solutions, at the 2015 Australian... Read more continue reading