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Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... clients. "[The GIR] is an entirely new product category, where we're extending our reputation and track record in retail annuities into the wholesale market," said Barton. Around $600 million in institutional mandates have been written since December ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... market], and we have a different approach to managing longevity and that can be done through innovation to lifetime annuities," he said. Liquid Lifetime offers investors protection against inflation and longevity risks, while allowing investors to access ...

Challenger poised for boutique growth

ASX RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... continued its upward trajectory, reaching $6.6 billion or up 12 per cent for the twelve months to March. Quarterly sales of annuities and associated products stood at $241 million (including an additional $43m of Guaranteed Index Return). Challenger's ...

Government annuities proposal draws industry fire

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Compulsory government annuities could widen the gap between the retirement payouts of low and high income workers, and some industry experts argue private sector annuities and longevity risk products offer better alternatives. IFSA, which commissioned ...

Impaired life annuities post record sales

TOWERS WATSON RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010

Hands off SMSFs, warns assoc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... impositions, no limitations on specific assets such as derivatives or collectibles, and no government regulated lifetime annuities. In short, they said they want "no increased government control in any form." But they do want government help when it ...

Challenger income and index fund boost profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... per cent to $116 million during the six months to December last year. Challenger's life division, which provides term annuities to investors, saw a 10 per cent rise in assets under management while net income rose 27 per cent to $154 million in the six ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... be looking for post-retirement investments...so we're looking at how can you [super funds and insurers] incorporate annuities in your product design?" he said. For example, Boal pointed to products like ING's Money for Life, a part-investment and part-insurance ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... a trustee board, has simple investment choices and offers online financial advice. It also has extremely low-priced annuities and is priced daily. But in sharp contrast to Australian industry funds, members receive only one per cent of their wages in ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
UK demand for variable annuities has dropped significantly during the third quarter of 2009 as sales fell from more than $610 million to over $250 million. The Watson Wyatt research found variable annuity sales between the second and third quarter fell ...