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Magellan looks to booming retirement market, launches FuturePay
Magellan Financial Group (ASX: MFG) last week released its long-awaited new retirement product, called FuturePay. The product launch comes at an important time...
Minimum pension reductions extended until 2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison took the opportunity at this week’s Liberal Party meeting to confirm that the minimum pension drawdown standards would be...
Another bumper year for super funds despite the pandemic
Superannuation research house Chant West, part of the Zenith Investment Consulting group, this week published their quarterly performance update on the...
Eleven new super funds gain AAA ratings from Rainmaker
As the industry fund sector embarks on what will be a busy and decade shaping year, Rainmaker’s recent release of its latest batch of AAA-rated super...
... as super 'overdone' - Ralston tells SMSF advisers
The switch in focus to retirement incomes, ahead of the introduction of the Retirement Income Covenant, was evident at the annual SMSF Association conference...
Forget politics, retirement strategies the real battleground
People talk about the importance of taking the time to build a platform for any endeavour. If that’s the case for developing a commercial mass-market...
Performance benchmark a cloud on horizon for SMSFs
It may be a lull between storms but the SMSF Association has no major political battle to contend with at the moment, instead focusing on smaller issues to do...
Industry super fund returns impacted by volatility
According to Chant West Research, the median ‘Balanced’ industry super fund delivered a return of 3.0% for the entirety of 2020; not a bad result...
Transfer balance, contribution caps set to increase
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has flagged an increase in both the Transfer Balance (TBC) and Total Superannuation Balance (TSB) caps, which impact everything...
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...