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MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... group policies and operations as well as its international businesses, while individual life insurance policies and annuities will be written by companies under the new Brighthouse banner, led by MetLife executive vice president Eric Steigerwalt. Companies ...

MyRetirement too product heavy: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... allocated to lower risk-return investments due to the capital requirements placed on annuity providers. It also pointed out annuities tend to be more efficient; create additional income for retirees as long as they are alive. "Further, for retirees that ...

Goals-based strategies valuable for retirees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
Goals-based investing strategies have a greater chance of generating excess replacement income than annuities, an international study shows. Most retirement investment solutions are failing to meet the needs of future retirees, according to a study ...

Colonial First State platforms make deferred annuities more accessible

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Advisers will soon have access to Challenger's deferred lifetime annuities through Colonial First State platforms. Speaking at an adviser event in Sydney yesterday, CFS head of retail platforms Sam Wall announced that from 1 July 2017, Challenger products ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... problems with a default solution. "As the Treasury paper makes clear, CIPRs are not an excuse to encourage sales of annuities or particular retirement income products. It will take a blend of skills including analytic capability, actuarial firepower ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... health shocks, care needs and wider family issues. Currently, the industry is generally focused on selling products like annuities and attempting to create a market for traditional long-term care insurance. But with the help of technology, Higginbotham ...

Challenger recruits CBA research manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... efforts. Back in February, the group's half-year results highlighted multiple key distribution arrangements, including an annuities partnership with BT Panorama, a white-labelled Standard Life Investments absolute return fund and the establishment of ...

Industry fund teams with Challenger on retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... partnered with a number of investment managers to develop a retirement product for Australian retirees including an annuities partnership with BT Panorama; white-labelling a Standard Life Investments absolute return fund in Australia; and the establishment ...

Challenger launches advice tool as reforms loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... world where growth assets and income streams are considered separately. Pairing account-based pensions with lifetime annuities can improve financial outcomes in retirement and reduce the risk of retirees outliving their savings," Howes said. The Retirement ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... retirees," Benari said. Challenger's half-year results were headlined by three major distribution announcements - an annuities partnership with BT Panorama; white-labelling a Standard Life Investments absolute return fund in Australia; and the establishment ...