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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 ...

Challenger hails major retirement partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... the partnership delivered sales to Challenger of $125 million; Challenger noted that the market for Australian-dollar annuities is estimated to be seven times the size of the Australian market. Finally, the group also announced a distribution agreement ...

Robo critical to retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... income. "We think longevity solutions are critical for retirement income streams. Challenger, as the largest provider of annuities in Australia, has been working with us to develop information, guidance and advice about "income layering" solutions, all ...

Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... and investment vehicles outside superannuation to ensure a stable post-retirement income stream, but that traditional annuities weren't making the cut by themselves. This was because of several limitations that Austock Life said are inherent to the product ...