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Orford achieves another milestone with lifetime annuity
After a lifetime in super administration, David Orford has realised another long-held ambition. This week he announced the final piece in what he believes is...
Unleashing the potential of the superannuation Industry
The recently announced Your Future, Your Super proposed performance test has raised concerns on the potential of unintended consequences in the...
ASIC lifts hurdle for insurance advice
The reshaping of the Australian financial advisery industry continued on Friday, with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) releasing...
Review offers up ammunition for super fight
There were no recommendations in the Retirement Income Review final report, and nor did there need to be. In the highly charged political environment around...
SMSFs cheaper to run than ASIC says
SMSFs are not as expensive to operate as many, including ASIC and the Productivity Commission, have led us to believe, according to a report by consulting...
Six-member SMSFs one step closer
It’s been a long time coming, yet it may finally be here. The arbitrary cap on the allowable number of SMSF members, limiting funds to just four people,...
Advisers should expect more changes with insurance
For many advisers, life insurance is an important part of their income. But unless the insurance sector changes its business lines, particularly with...
Income targeting in a Retirement Portfolio
Given the Retirement Income Panel’s work over the past year, super funds need no more motivation to answer the critical question: how can funds deliver...
Super funds back to breakeven - the members?
Superannuation research house Chant West released their latest update on the performance for the September quarter. Industry groups quickly jumped on the news...
Governments hurt pensions adequacy
Australia has slipped from third place in the world rankings for adequacy, sustainability and integrity of our super system to fourth place, being leap-frogged...
The cost of transition
Systematic investment group Parametric, offer a case study into the most important issue missed by institutional investors when they seek to change investment...
Eaton Vance
Gender diversity delivers benefits: ESG consulting group, Calvert, undertook extensive research into the impacts of female leadership in large companies....
Finally, a win for retirees
The ATO delivered some positive news, approving fractional property investment platform Domacom's' application to broaden the use of the $300,000 downsizer...
Queenslanders drain retirement savings
Despite coming through the COVID-19 lockdowns seemingly unscathed, it seems that Queenslanders have been dipping the hardest into their superannuation under...