Retirement Conference
UK’s NEST defaults to flexibility on retirement incomes
When pension fund NEST asked its members what they wanted in a retirement product, the answers led to a default option offering flexibility.
Amanda WhiteApril 9, 2018
Nest
Policy and Regulation
Five reasons why the Grattan Institute threatens superannuation as we know it
The Grattan Institute report, Super sting: how to stop Australians paying too much for superannuation, has caused much consternation in superannuation. Some have looked briefly at it and hoped it would go away, but many of its findings have been taken up by the Financial System Inquiry. Now, Jim Minifie, productivity growth director of the […]
David RowleyAugust 4, 2014
Investment Strategy
Stronger Super will fail to significantly reduce fees
Stronger Super will only succeed in reducing fees by 0.1 per cent and further competition is needed to match the low investment costs achieved in other countries, a damning report from the Grattan Institute has claimed. The report entitled Super sting: how to stop Australians paying too much for superannuation is authored by Jim Minifie, […]
David RowleyApril 28, 2014
Investment Strategy
QSuper: champion of cohorts
Breaking the orthodoxy on how to invest default members might seem a risky career move, but Brad Holzberger is not showing any fear. “I do not feel under threat. We have the leadership of our senior management, the support and encouragement of the trustees. If I felt under threat, there is no way we could […]
David RowleyJune 3, 2013