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MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... guaranteed; two transition-to-retirement products (TTRs), one of which is guaranteed; and a post-retirement "lifetime growth annuity". The first two products are available from age 45; the second two from age 55; and the lifetime annuity from age 60. ...

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... said. Product development expenditure had also resulted in lower margins. "The strength of our Australian operations and annuity licence income, which provides nearly two-thirds of total revenue, ensures that we have a strong foundation for global growth," ...

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... stronger full year performance as general market conditions continue to show signs of improvement. Macquarie says its annuity-style businesses - Macquarie Funds; banking and financial services; and corporate and asset finance - continue to perform well ...

MySuper lifecycle options not for everyone: AusSuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... have a claim on at least part, and in many cases the full Age Pension." He said that if one bought the Age Pension as an annuity, it would be worth somewhere between $500,000 and $600,000. "So when we consider whether or not people should be de-risking ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Increased investment in infrastructure by superannuation funds would provide retirees with a much-needed "annuity-style" income stream, according to Westpac Group. In a submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry, the bank ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AllianceBernstein has launched a Global High Income Fund aimed at annuity investors seeking to diversify and gain access to a higher level of income. AllianceBernstein senior portfolio manager Jeremy Cunningham noted that annuity and term-deposit rates ...

Mercer gets approval for MySuper product

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... SmartPath has a higher allocation to growth assets after retirement because we factor in the age pension, which acts as an annuity and means people can generally afford to have a higher allocation to growth assets, which improves the potential of their ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... managing director and chief executive officer Nicholas Moore attributed the rise to the strong performance of the group's annuity-style businesses with 1H14 combined results up 24% on 1H13 and up 15% on 2H13. Macquarie's capital markets facing businesses' ...

Challenger reports big boost in annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... also an annual rise of 31%. Chief executive Brian Benari said: "We are very pleased with the unseasonably strong retail annuity sales and remain committed to our 2014 guidance. "Sales from our new lifetime products, Liquid Lifetime and Care Annuity ...

Zenith rates NSW Annuity Bonds 'recommended'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
Managed funds research house Zenith has rated NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds - Series 7 'recommended'. The product is designed to provide a regular annuity style income stream over a defined nine year term via a debenture issued by the NSW Treasury Corporation ...