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Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... conversation, not a one-way presentation," said Pearce. This switch from asset owner to asset managers is seeing some very complex hybrid organisations emerge, noted the report. For example, the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board in the past five ...

TAL lobbies for annuity regulation change

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... leaving the remaining assets invested in an account based pension should receive the same tax treatment as would apply to hybrid variable annuity products. TAL said it does not support an upper limit on the amount that can be invested in a deferred lifetime ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... industry is to ensure the right mix of options and tools for retirees to manage their income, which will probably require a hybrid of the traditional investment and guarantee based approach," Anderson said. Financial advisers remain the strongest influencers ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... (Perls VII). Australian investors have invested a total of $20 billion the equity hybrids, including the recent $2.6bn CBA hybrid PERLS VII. The UK's financial services watchdog, the FCA recently banned the issue of CoCos to retail investors while the ...

SMSF collapses imminent in hunt for yield

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
A chase for yield, combined with investor empowerment and lack of education could be the perfect storm for a large scale self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) collapse, according to Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen). Speaking at a media briefing ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... retail share placement. The company also has plans to raise a further $250 million via a convertible notes issue. The tier 1 hybrid issue is the first of its kind for Challenger and, if successful, would provide the company with another source of funding ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... with the Walmart supermarket giant setting up two pilot site in-store kiosks in Georgia and South Carolina almost as a hybrid digital and human interaction 'clicks and mortar' approach. The Wall Street Journal reported that the new strategy is partly ...

AIA hybrid commission strategy pays off

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
AIA Australia's initiative to reward advisers who move to a hybrid commission model has seen 829 advisers shifting to the new system in the past five months. The 'Transition to hybrid' program aims at making advisers less dependent on up front commissions ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... no signs of lifting, despite industry consensus that such innovation is necessary. MetLife's recent decision to drop its hybrid annuity-style product, MetLife Max, after just a month on the market is the latest example of the challenges facing longevity ...

MetLife head of retirement products departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... reason for the product's discontinuation, other than it was dropped for "strategic reasons". The decision to close down the hybrid annuity product came just two months after its launch. A note on the website reads: "Please note that the MetLife Max product ...