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Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... a pretty obvious arbitrage." He said, while there is a great deal of discussion about increasing the availability of annuities in Australia, people would be unlikely to buy them under the current rules. "There will be no demand unless the government ...

NGS launches income-focused retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... member's super may run out, especially as life expectancy in Australia continues to increase. Instead of opting to buy annuities or longevity insurance, the Income Generator focuses on deriving income from investment earnings. It has an asset allocation ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... areas: the regulation of superannuation income streams; specific impediments to the development of deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs); and proposed changes to the minimum drawdown rules. In the first section, the paper asks for feedback on what sort ...

UK annuities policy dubbed 'political schizophrenia'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... encourage the take-up of income streams; and amending laws to make it easier to offer products such as deferred lifetime annuities.

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... introducing legislation to allow for more retirement product innovation. It considered the benefits of deferred lifetime annuities, group self-annuitisation, and the possibility of the government issuing its own longevity insurance products. Regarding ...

AllianceBernstein adds Global High Income Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... tolerance of risk and that are seeking monthly income at more competitive levels than those available from term deposits and annuities. AllianceBernstein executive director Ross Kent said this is the first time that the fund is being offered in Australia. ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... on consumer appetite for longevity risk products. Challenger's considerable uptick in demand - selling more lifetime annuities in the first half of the 2013-14 financial year than it did in the entire previous financial year - is not a reliable indication ...

Super contribution caps "limited and inadequate": Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014

Zenith launches range of retirement portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... potentially further enhance pension benefits." The six products are: Retirement Defensive, Retirement Core, Retirement Growth, Annuities + Retirement Defensive, Annuities + Retirement Core and Annuities + Retirement Growth. Zeniths said the portfolio ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The government should introduce compulsory deferred lifetime annuities as a way of insuring against longevity risk, Deloitte's lead superannuation advisory partner Russell Mason has said. Speaking about the future of superannuation at Russell Investments' ...