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Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Challenger is ramping up its distribution capabilities by launching its annuities on a fifth platform. Challenger fixed-term and lifetime annuities will launch on the netwealth platform. It follows an announcement in August that saw products made available ...

Advice firm ramps up managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... service. Anderson was most recently a senior business development manager at Challenger, responsible for distribution of annuities. Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle said the firm is delighted to welcome Anderson to the new role. "He brings ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... coming out in "droves" - but there are certainly themes within CIPRs that are beneficial and will resonate with clients. Annuities on the other hand, are still "a very undeveloped area of the market" and taken up on an "opt-in not opt-out" basis, he ...

BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... to standard increases or customer-initiated changes. Separately, BT Financial Group announced it has added Challenger annuities to its Panorama platform. The group has also introduced a new BT Cash Management Account Saver with no transaction or administration ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... structure in the US. In the lead up to turning 55 to 65-years-old, members start putting aside money to buy deferred annuities - this could be up to 20%, while the remaining 80% goes into an account-based pension. Upon reaching 65, they can live off ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... users of an $8.3 billion platform. Financial advisers and their clients using HUB24 will be able to access Challenger annuities via the platform just as they would any other investment. While still in development, the products will be available through ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... fund post-retirement consumption and help governments build infrastructure such as public housing. IABs are simply term annuities - investors lend an amount sufficient to finance the investment, and borrowers repay a fixed amount (including interest ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... advisers. We have more enhancements coming this year including new reporting features, a cash management account and annuities; further strengthening Panorama's offer," he said.

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... new means test rules will also enable the development of new retirement income products, including deferred lifetime annuities. Challenger described such products as "essential building blocks for CIPRs." Challenger said its fixed-term annuities, which ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... expenditure. The Financial Services Council said it welcomes the Government's efforts to reform the pensions test for lifetime annuities, and the concept requiring trustees to formulate a retirement plan for members. "This change should provide certainty ...