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Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... was designed to cover the main aspects of aged care: social security, estate planning and regular cash flow. The Care Annuity, issued in 2012, offers the right mix of income and capital protection, as an alternative to insurance bonds or term deposits. ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Reforms to the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuity (DLA) products has added greater security for Australian retirees, according to Towers Watson. The new rules, if enshrined by legislation, remove inconsistencies between the manner deferred annuities ...

Challenger FUM grows 7% in March quarter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... end of March 2013, an increase of 30% for the year and up 7% for the quarter. Challenger Life, the division behind the annuity sales, reached $10.2 billion on assets under management. The retail annuity sales for the quarter were $354 million, in line ...

Challenger gets Lonsec approval on annuities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Challenger's entire suite of annuity products has been approved by independent research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the rating to all managed investment schemes and term and lifetime annuities offered by Challenger, including the fastest selling annuity ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 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 Award for its Care Annuity. ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Baby Boomers coming into retirement, retirees' preference for secure and guaranteed income investments, such as lifetime annuity products, and a growing awareness of longevity risks have bolstered the demand for annuities in recent years, Challenger ...

QSuper launches new Challenger annuity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
QSuper has launched a new guaranteed-term annuity product through Challenger that will be available to members next month. They will be able to buy the product, which gives them competitive earnings rates on Challenger's term annuity with their own ...

Bendigo to offer Challenger annuities in new deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... they can retain exposure to growth assets without having to worry as much about volatility." Challenger's Liquid Lifetime Annuity was named by Rainmaker as 'best innovation of the year' in 2011 and awarded the AFA/Plan for Life 'income stream - innovation' ...

Zenith recommends Challenger Care Annuity

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
The Challenger Care Annuity (CCA), a lifetime annuity designed to provide a long-term regular income stream - guaranteed for life - has been rated 'Recommended' by Zenith Investment partners. The chief benefit of the CCA, the Zenith recommendation states ...

Low-volatility post-retirement solutions needed: Bell

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... large portion of retirement income, Bell expects them to become an integral part of the retirement savings plan if the annuity market doesn't develop. "The annuity market isn't a lay-down misere, and so investors need to turn to low volatility products ...