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Retirement income covenant consultation continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
Treasury is seeking consultation on disclosure documents and calculation methods for its proposed retirement income covenant. Phase two of the Retirement Income Framework is aiming to develop standardised and simplified metrics in product disclosure ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert announced two major updates to the proposed Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) initiative, one of which is giving superannuation trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
New retirement income products from the financial advice space could arrive sooner than those from superannuation funds but there is still a long wait for both, according to State Street Global Australia. In its May budget, the Federal Government said ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Financial advisers can't afford to ignore the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPR) debate as it will affect all corners of the advice industry, a retirement solutions expert says. State Street Global Advisors head of retirement solutions ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The retirement income strategy and implementation timeline proposed in this year's Budget is "workable and sensible" but there are concerns the Federal Government should quickly address. This is according to SuperEd, the robo-adviser aiming to improve ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
An independent think tank is launching a sustainable retirement scorecard as a self-assessment tool for superannuation funds to benchmark performance in managing members' retirement. The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) is introducing ...

Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... Licence (AFSL). A 100% allocation to an account-based pension (ABP) would not meet the definition of a Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement (CIPR). While all trustees are required to offer a CIPR, they can pick a third-party solution to save costs. ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Challenger said the new requirement for superannuation trustees to include comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs) will boost outcomes for retirees in blended annuity portfolios. As per the changes in the Budget, the new means test rules ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
More changes to Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Federal Government will accelerate the development of retirement income products and means testing could come as early as 1 July 2019. In Tuesday night's Budget, the Government said it will introduce a retirement income covenant that will require ...