Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 1194 results for "Retirement income"

AustralianSuper overhauls Member Direct fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... $350 a year for members still saving and $600 a year for members with a Choice Income pension or transition to retirement income account.

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Optimum Pensions has urged super trustees to insure life expectancy and mitigate mortality risk to meet Retirement Income Covenant objectives. Optimum Pensions' ' The difference between insured and uninsured retirement products ' whitepaper said trustees ...

HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... introduced new integrations with third-party ESG ratings and said this was a key growth area. The report also said retirement income has been at the centre of a range of initiatives by many platforms. "This has translated into a material step up in the ...

New front in super wars, stability at risk: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... Financial Standard, this week, the government released a draft objective for superannuation to deliver sustainable retirement income. The proposed objective, which is open for consultation, is to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Australia's sustainable pension expenditure stands out from other advanced economies' retirement income systems, an ASFA report says. ASFA's Cost of pensions across advanced economies report said Australia's government pension expenditure ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... time: "We want to ensure that convicted child sex offenders cannot use superannuation - which was set up for retirement income purposes; not to shield criminals' assets - so to ensure that we close the loopholes so any of these out of character contributions ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
The government has released a draft objective for superannuation to deliver sustainable retirement income. The proposed objective, which is open for consultation, is to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, with government support ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Allianz Retire+ has launched its new retirement income product, designed to enhance the provision of retirement planning for advisers. Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE), available in early March, is a next-generation retirement solution delivering ...

Challenger reports strong results

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... $99 billion, up 1% in the half, but down 14% on prior comparable period (pcp). Challenger Life, the company's retirement income brand, had performed well, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) was $263 million, up 13%. Life earnings benefited from ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... Attorney General Sean Reyes are leading the suit, which alleges that the rules change violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) Administrative Procedure Act, and that the rule departs from policy put in place by the previous ...