The superannuation guarantee has grown with Australia’s economy, which unlike the rest of the developed world, had not experienced a single recession. At least until now. But fast forward to 2020 and we are effectively challenging this notion of a national pool of savings.
Sean Henaghan, former CIO, multi-asset group, AMP Capital talks with Alex Proimos, head of institutional content, Investment Magazine
If the government created the Future Fund, then perhaps in the aftermath of the coronavirus there is room to set up another holding company whereby any bailout comes with safeguards.
Calculations show that members who withdraw large chunks of their super early could reduce their balance at retirement by as much as $50,000.
More than 700,000 Australians have registered to tap their retirement savings early, according to Assistant Minister for Superannuation Jane Hume. A jump of more than 100,000 in less than a week.
Investment chief Damian Graham said that with the fund’s liquidity buffers intact, his team were now getting ready to snap up cheap assets as they come to market over the next 12 months.
While the outbreak of the coronavirus has revealed cracks in the management of industry funds, it has also raised questions about the research process behind approved product lists (APL) that have started to recommend them.
Markets in disarray are where long-term investors make money. Investors that perform the best over the long term will have taken calculated and deliberate risks and put money to work during crises like this one. But how? Focusing Capital on the Long Term CEO and research director discuss.
A letter has been sent to the board of the country’s 300 biggest companies to protect existing shareholders when looking to raise capital through the pandemic.
The Grattan Institute’s research results – which suggest that most Australians can expect to receive a retirement income of at least 70 per cent of their pre-retirement earnings – are misleading and don’t represent the complete picture.
In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Aaron Minney, head of retirement income research at Challenger, about a range of topics including the coronavirus crisis, sequencing risk and income generation in retir
The time of reckoning for super funds with large allocations of illiquid assets was always going to come. Most thought they would have time to prepare, but the COVID-19 crisis has bought this forward.
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