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US planners want retirement product simplicity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... planning. The features most in demand were automated products, transparent and affordable annuities and more innovative annuity products such as hybrid products.

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... conference in Sydney. Speakers at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) conference compared the success of annuity markets in other countries to Australia and looked at how behavioural factors can affect market outcomes. John Piggott ...

Challenger dominates annuity market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
It seems 2011 is the year of the annuity with sales of the retirement product closing in on $2 billion for this year alone, according to research by Plan For Life, with Challenger dominating the space. According to the latest figures, the total number ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... retail annuities in the first quarter, putting the company on track to meet its target of a 25 per cent increase in retail annuity sales for the year. In other news on Thursday, packaging maker Amcor said it remains confident of achieving earnings growth ...

Retail annuity sales boost Challenger results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Challenger Life's retail annuity sales rose 13% in the quarter ending September 30, totalling $509 million for the three months. This was the biggest quarterly total the company has had, excluding one-off transactions. Challenger Life's total annuity ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... is an ongoing relationship between them and the client, meaning one-off transactions, say where a client purchases an annuity, are exempt. But the DOL was forced to review its approach when it become clear that the new fiduciary test for intermediaries ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement income research at the annuity-providing firm and will report directly to Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement income. He starts his fresh role today. ...

Challenger results prove annuity winner

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... partnerships increases the opportunity for performance fees," noted a web cast presentation accompanying the news. Retail annuity sales were a highlight, with new annuity products accounting for 35% of flows in the last 12 months. Challenger's annuity ...

Macquarie backs annuity income as contributions drop

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Macquarie said that annuity style income provided by its banking and financial services, funds management and corporate and asset finance divisions will drive growth in the medium term after reporting a drop in group contributions for Q1 2012. Macquarie ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... pension phase, and what that meant for asset allocation. Jon Glass, chief investment officer of Media Super, said a lot more annuity products would be sitting in the funds of the future. "One solution will be to offer (a variety of) sectors and say ...