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TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Rapid service and CommInsure received the Investment Bond of the Year Award. Challenger received several awards in the Annuities category including Annuity Provider of the Year Award, Long Term Income Stream Award and Annuity & Income Stream Innovation ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... enforcement and supervisory actions. The FCA is also considering requiring firms to publish better comparable information on annuities for consumers, publishing claims data on different types of insurance products and providing more context around published ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Challenger sales of its annuities products increased by 55 per cent to $1.98 billion compared to the same period the previous year, according to half-year results announced this morning. This includes growth of $1.06 billion in retail sales and $921 ...

QSuper launches new Challenger annuity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... members access to products and services that will give them greater certainty around their retirement income," she said. Annuities pay regular income regardless of market conditions in return for a one-off lump-sum investment. Members can buy the product ...

Bendigo to offer Challenger annuities in new deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Bendigo Financial Planning will offer Challenger's Liquid Lifetime annuities under the Bendigo brand, under a new deal between the two groups. The annuities provide a guaranteed income for life with access to capital within the first 15 years of the ...

Superannuation needs change: Keating

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... olds. One way to combat the unsustainable health burden caused by an ageing population, would be a centralised pool of annuities to provide income, funded by deferred contributions from superannuation lump-sum payments. The Government would be most suited ...

Flexibility not returns, drive SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... from listed shares, cash and term deposits helps explain why almost no SMSF trustees in the survey were interested in annuities, seeing them as too expensive for the value they deliver. SMSFs were found to have very high annual income expectations. "More ...

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... around extra capital requirements have been resolved and should ease pressure on Challenger's share price, confirmed the annuities' provider's chief executive Brian Benari yesterday "Uncertainty in relation to the impact of the new standards has weighed ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... significant gaps across all other product offerings, especially in relation to: Cost of living risk protection, variable annuities, extended affinity based offerings - and to a lessor extent capital preservation, regular income and holistic needs. He ...

Low-volatility post-retirement solutions needed: Bell

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... deliver greater wealth at retirement, and also combat longevity risk. While he championed the importance of life-time annuities as a great strategy during accumulation phase, he questioned whether advisers were trying to sell these products in any meaningful ...