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Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... exciting combination," Hempson said. "We look forward to bringing the UK market live digital advice solutions for insurance, pensions and wealth in 2021." Ignition said it will focus on continued global expansion, supporting the UK expansion and servicing ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Friends of the Earth Scotland reveals UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. The analysis said it equates to about $2500 invested in ...

Standard Life Aberdeen sells 196-year-old brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Bird said the Standard Life brand has an important heritage and strong recognition in the UK as a life insurance and pensions provider, which bodes well for Phoenix Group. "This is much less the case with the business we are building at Standard Life ...

Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... Madden joined the state government insurer after leaving ANZ Wealth where he was head of service and operations, global pensions and investments for close to six years. In confirming Madden's promotion, Daly also acknowledged Varcoe's work with the super ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... non-concessional contribution to super, will pass, as it's not contentious," he said. Treatment of foreign assets, pensions and income streams were issues members who lived overseas or maintain a connection to foreign countries frequently asked about. ...

Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
David Orford's Optimum Pensions has signed a five-year exclusive agreement with Generation Life to bring its retirement income product to the market. Generation Life will manufacture, administer, market and distribute an investment-linked pension ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... concern. The first is that employer schemes are potentially under threat. Prior to industry funds and master trusts, most pensions were provided by employers as a staff benefit that were typically tailored to their demographic and subsidised fees and ...

Legacy pensions score win

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
The SMSF Association has welcomed a new law that will allow the partial commutation of legacy pensions. The change was announced in the federal government's mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO), which was released last December. Retirees with ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Frontier Advisors to probe new longevity risk products for retiree members, which could include tweaking account-based pensions. Retirement Income Review revealed Treasury kept us waiting for months before dropping the more than 600-page long Retirement ...

QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... frugally. APRA June 2019 data shows that an overwhelming number (83%) of accounts in retirement phase are in account-based pensions that do not manage the risk of running out of money at retirement. Pennisi said the product still has a long way to go ...