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Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... world, he said. While things like longevity risk, which Lifecycle Funds in the United States have tried to solve with annuities, are real, things like administrative burdens are simply an excuse given today's technology, said Mathers. Especially with ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Misconceptions about annuities are one of the biggest problems for people who sell them, said Brian Benari, chief executive officer and managing director, Challenger. Annuities can play an important role in combating longevity risk, so providers need ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Annuities are the number one product class US investors are requesting advice for, according to a new report on the US annuities and the insurance sector by Cerullui Associates. "Annuities are the most unsolicited products requested by clients," they ...

Metlife appoints head of group pricing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... industry fund and corporate customer bases. MetLife is a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., a global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers.

Loss "disappointing": Austock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... in insurance bonds, "it holds a unique license and is able to undertake a broad range of insurance products including annuities and risk products." "However, it must be accepted that Life is a developing business and its real value is yet to emerge but ...

Smarter lifecycle approach to staunch SMSF flow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... into better retirement solutions at the fund level will then have flow-on effects by presenting alternatives to both annuities-type solutions and the flow to SMSFs, Bouch and Millar said.

Lifecycle discussion needs context: Milliman

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... client. The upshot of that is a natural inertia, which has led to the very slow uptake of products in things like lifetime annuities and lifetime income products in Australia. Particularly for industry funds, which have begun to develop a high degree ...

Challenger attributes 20% profit growth to annuity/life

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... billion, with a large increase in institutional sales to $704 million together with a record $1.95 billion in retail annuities sales. The retail sales increase represented a 34% rise on the prior year and came on the back of a $16 million expense increase ...

Polarisation of super dubbed "shocking" by UK manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... likely to find appeal. Russell Hogan, director at Dundas Global said that in terms of the self-directed retiree market, annuities are "no magic bullet," although they have a place alongside other income components. Hogan referred to the UK phased system ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Life annuities sales have increased rapidly following the GFC's onslaught on retirement assets, but investors and advisers are still wary about what happens to their capital if they don't live long enough to exhaust the annuity. "We now sell in a month ...