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Challenger finalises partnerships with three super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... their savings. "We are pleased to be at the forefront in enabling members to develop portfolios that feature longevity products." Challenger has also partnered with legalsuper and CareSuper to offer annuities via the same AAS platform, likely later in ...

FSI report favours longevity pooling

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... self-annuitisation schemes of the type developed by Mercer. The report also recognised that there is currently a lack of longevity products in Australia, and recommended that the government remove product development impediments. If members decided not ...

Govt uncertainty plagues wealth mgmt industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... the immediate challenge before the wealth management industry was longevity risks, with the development of longevity products, the raising of the Superannuation Guarantee and savings incentives necessary solutions. In the same report, it appears that ...

Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... the client to receive a promised fixed lifetime payments beginning when they turn 85 years old. Principally, longevity products allow retirees to hedge economically from living beyond what they are financial able to afford. The risk of longevity insurance ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... the equity market, ironically at that stage, being very strong. "[Since then] there's been some structured longevity products which are quite complex [in the market], and we have a different approach to managing longevity and that can be done through ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... longevity wasn't fully addressed in the government's response. "The Henry report made specific reference to longevity products for retirees which has not been addressed as yet by the government. This is an area of market failure and Henry makes it clear ...

Macquarie launches lifetime income product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Macquarie has joined the growing number of product providers offering longevity products with the launch of the Macquarie Lifetime Income Guarantee Policy. Macquarie Funds Group launched the product which gives investors a guaranteed minimum level of ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... that member engagement survey to better collect information they could then use to design the next wave of longevity products and strategies, said Boal.

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... prefer to speak to an accountant. The report also found Australians over 40 years of age are keen to invest in longevity products but most have no idea how they work. More than half of respondents are 'interested' or 'very interested' in a product that ...

Macq prepares for longevity risk

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... launched an income product for people aged 80 and over back in 2006 while ING Australia hopes to launch a suite of longevity products later this year.