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Challenger's $300m profit and new product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... making retirement income solutions more accessible to financial advisers and retirees," Benari said. Across Challenger's annuities and funds management businesses, total assets under management increased by 18% to $59.8 billion during the 12 months to ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... superannuation industry continues to make retirement income strategies more readily available, Challenger now has its annuities on Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. The move follows Colonial First State adding CommInsure annuities ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... flood of superannuation and pension products being advertised by companies such as IOOF, Sunsuper, MLC and Challenger Annuities among others. Speaking at a recent executive roundtable hosted by Bravura Solutions, Colonial First State head of customer ...

Allocated pensions reach $1.4bn at Vision Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... pensions accounted for $153.2 billion in 2014, where products such as term ($7.3 billion) and lifetime ($3.2 billion) annuities had much less of the market share.

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
More competitors are expected to offer annuities should tax impediments around deferred lifetime annuities be removed in the impending financial services and tax reviews. CommInsure head of annuities, George Lytas, said the removal of that tax impediment ...

CommInsure annuities listed on CFS wrap platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
CommInsure annuities are now available via the FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms as the provider aims to bring them to the broader consumer market. The move, which was revealed by Colonial First State in May, allows advisers to combine more than one ...

Alternative income sources could benefit retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Imputation bonds or insurance bonds could be a good alternative to annuities or account based pensions in a context of low rates and new rules for aged care means-testing. Imputation bonds can provide an annuity-like payment stream with greater flexibility ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... growth, particularly from people who are approaching or entering retirement. "If you're investing in fixed income or annuities-style products then you are coming in at a point where rates are the lowest they've ever been. If you take that de-risking ...

Challenger and Link partner to offer super annuities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Challenger has partnered with Link Group to offer annuities to industry super fund members. The annuity products will be made available via Link's Australian Administration Services (AAS) business, which includes REST Industry Super, LegalSuper, TWUSuper ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... provide protection against inflation and longevity risks. Rice also explains myths around lump sum payments, mandatory annuities, and bequests. Rice Warner's submission to the Tax Discussion Paper was released today, and notes the share of personal taxation ...