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ASIC targets retirement products and services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
The corporate regulator has formed an internal working group to address financial issues of older Australians. In its 2017-18 Corporate Plan, ASIC highlighted it will examine financial products and services provided to older Australians - especially ...

KPMG appoints new wealth management head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... KPMG's firm-wide services in the wealth space including superannuation, funds management, private equity and retirement products. The move comes as a result of previous wealth management lead John Teer being promoted to chief operating officer, Asia-Pacific. ...

Plum Super launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... Bourguignon, said the Plum Retirement Income product is an example of how NAB is pushing forward with quality retirement products. "This new product demonstrates our commitment to innovating in the retirement space, and ensuring we continue to have the ...

Mercy Super appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... was state market development manager, senior small business technical adviser, women's financial adviser and retirement products officer. Tancred currently sits on the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's executive committee, the Hawkesbury ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... benefits in allowing a less prescriptive approach because the current market and legislative rules around post-retirement products are immature. We also look forward to seeing clarity around how these products will be means tested," Lyon said. The institute ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Superannuation funds that don't get to know members better ahead of designing a Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement are putting themselves at risk of severe reputational damage. That is the view of risk management and retirement experts Milliman ...

Future retirement products aided by tax exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
The Federal Government's latest development of regulation for new retirement income streams is now open for public consultation. Adding to the existing draft legislation, the government has proposed that superannuation funds and insurance companies ...

Super consolidation imminent: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... funds will find themselves unable to compete effectively as this continues, and the upcoming framework for retirement products (CIPRs) will likely exacerbate the divide." By scaling, funds "can provide additional member services without increasing charges ...

MySuper progresses to MyRetirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Federal Government is taking a leaf out of the MySuper playbook, suggesting Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement become MyRetirement products. Releasing a Treasury consultation paper on the development framework for CIPRs, Government Minister ...

Rainmaker Information selected by CANSTAR

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... rollover funds. Rainmaker Information its research platform includes a total of 711 individual superannuation and retirement products representing coverage of $1.5 trillion in funds under management. This same data represents the fund coverage of 20 ...