In this session from the 2012 Super Review ASFA roundtable, participants discuss the growing concerns surrounding superannuation lump sums and how lump sums fit into the ...
Self-managed superannuation funds remain the fastest-growing sector of the super industry, and as Damon Taylor reports, the major funds are adjusting their own offerings ...
Continuing volatility in traditional equities markets has encouraged superannuation funds to maintain their strategic allocations towards alternatives....
As the superannuation industry moves towards fewer but larger funds, it is apparent that the scale derived from such moves can yield significant advantage....
Superannuation trustee governance has become a hot political topic. Barrister Noel Davis examines the issues and argues there is no basis for differences between industry...
SMSFs have continued their growth path in Australia but, as Damon Taylor reports, their popularity is not always matched by their investment performance....
Alternative investments remain front and centre for superannuation funds as they devise their asset allocation strategies but, as Damon Taylor reports, thorough due dilig...
Australian equities have helped drive another year of positive of superannuation returns but, as Damon Taylor reports, investors should adjust their expectations to the r...
Australian superannuation funds have, with their Canadian counterparts, led the way on infrastructure investment and, as Mike Taylor reports from New York, it is a phenom...
Damon Taylor writes that while Australia's major group insurers may have faced some challenging times through 2013/14, some of the appropriate adjustment have been made a...
The advent of MySuper has made it harder for superannuation funds to differentiate their offerings but, as Damon Taylor reports, the appropriate insurance offering can st...
Group insurance within superannuation will remain a key focus for MetLife in Australia, but the company’s Maria Morris has told Mike Taylor that it also intends leveragin...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...