Jacki Ellis, Chris Plater, Charles Wu: Running a decumulation portfolio

Dispersion of opinion remains alive and well on the topic of how best to approach accumulation vs decumulation investing, but how different are these two regimes in reality? What does a decumulation investment process look like?  Furthermore, what does a decumulation process look like in a defined contribution regime, and in a guaranteed regime?  What are the perils, the assumptions, and the impossibilities, all of which need to be balanced? This is a practitioner’s discussion on the realities of running a portfolio with structural decumulation.

Speakers: Charles Wu, deputy chief investment officer and general manager DC investments, State Super, Chris Plater, chief executive and chief investment officer, Life, Challenger and Jacki Ellis, portfolio manager retirement strategies, First State Super

Moderator: David Bell, executive director, The Conexus Institute

Length: 33 mins

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Why the super tax changes will reinforce the strategic case for SMSFs

Why the super tax changes will reinforce the strategic case for SMSFs

When Div 296 passed into law in March 2026, the headline reaction was predictable: a new tax on earnings attributable to superannuation balances above $3 million was framed as an assault on wealthy members. But Arthur Marusevich writes that changes from the Federal Budget show that SMSFs may occupy a stronger position than before.

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