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Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Morrison said people will not be forced to take up a CIPR at retirement. It will simply increase the choice of retirement products available. Also, new Age Pension rules will not affect people with existing pooled lifetime retirement income products. ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... couples falls much faster as retirement progresses than traditionally believed, calling for a change in how retirement products are designed. Research from Milliman shows the median Australian retiree couple's spending at 85 years of age falls by more ...

MLC, Colonial First State make key appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... the Commonwealth Essential Super range of products and services, including investments, superannuation and retirement products, insurance and managed accounts. Prior to his most recent role, Wall served as head of retail platforms. He is also a former ...

MyRetirement products too pricey for super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Securities chief investment officer Jeff Rogers disagrees. Acknowledging it is difficult to design default retirement products, Rogers said he believes the bulk of complexity stems from the uncertainty around return on investment for funds. "When you're ...

Former Macquarie head of research joins Fidelity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... investment team on behalf of the group's wholesale and institutional clients to develop a range of new pre and post-retirement products. Dinham joined Macquarie in September last year from StatePlus, where he was chief investment officer and head of ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

Bravura rolls out DB super functionality

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... government staff. The $11 billion super fund is also hoping to capture new business in accumulation and other retirement products with the updated product. "The Sonata platform is a core component of our future growth plans for accumulation and retirement ...

Super funds that embrace change will prevail: DST

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... involvement of insurers in this process is critical given that most super funds have a limited capability to provide retirement products without collaboration, and that the Federal Government "is signalling a strong preference for annuities as part of ...

SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Retirement Select Choice Product of the Year. Rainmaker said the awards recognise the best workplace, personal and retirement products as well as acknowledgement of key individuals who have made a significant contribution to superannuation in Australia. ...

DomaCom and ASIC reach agreement on retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... Release product - subject to a number of conditions - as well as lay foundations for the introduction of further retirement products. With plans to launch the SER product in early-2018, the decision by ASIC brings a close to a four-and-a-half year battle ...