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July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... Super reforms, has been extended to trustee-directed products (TDPs) from July 1. Finally, the long-awaited Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) that has been introduced to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 also takes effect July 1. It imposes ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
The long-awaited Retirement Income Covenant comes into effect tomorrow and, with super funds unable to consider members' personal circumstances, there's a view that its introduction could significantly impact the financial advice sector - but ...

Super funds are ready for RIC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
Super fund leaders are confident they're ready for the fast-approaching Retirement Income Covenant (RIC) deadline. According to research conducted by CoreData, Australian super funds are ready to publish the retirement income strategies needed to ...

You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
While greater availability of retirement income products is a positive, the three objectives of these products as set out in legislation don't necessarily reflect members needs or desires. Appearing on a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

A mixed year for super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... they want it and ideally for information to be personalised." KPMG is optimistic that the requirements of the retirement income covenant will deliver better outcomes to members approaching and in retirement. Though, the report did stipulate that to succeed ...

Generation Life launches retirement income product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... allowed the expansion and improvement of financial technology capabilities to build an innovative solution for retirement income. "We are looking forward to further leveraging GBST's technology capabilities to continue to enhance our product offerings ...

LUCRF Super executive joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... growth strategy." "I'm looking forward to continuing the delivery of scale benefits to members, to enacting the retirement income strategy and continuing innovation of product offerings." Thow's appointment is effective mid-July, at which time Campo ...

Challenger details future strategy, plans JV

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... Investor Day today, Challenger said its priority is to become 'one Challenger', known for more than just retirement income solutions. As part of this, the CIP Asset Management will transition to the Challenger brand in the coming months as Challenger ...

Good isn't good enough for the super system: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... do so by leveraging its system-wide perspective to pursue the development and implementation of solutions to retirement income challenges. Later in his speech, Byres also advised that retirement product provisions required greater attention, particularly ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The Morrison government's re-election Hail Mary policy to allow early superannuation withdrawals to be used for house deposits has been widely condemned. A joint media release between Scott Morrison, Michael Sukkar and Jane Hume boldly proclaimed that ...