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CareSuper offers online advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The $4.4 billion CareSuper has launched 'Money Mentor', a 12-stage online advice platform for members. The fund said that Money Mentor would show members how to take control of their finances with information on a range of topics, from budgeting, insurance ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... quality, annuity provider of the year and awards for innovation. Challenger set an early record with a hat trick in the income stream categories, winning three of the four awards. "I think it is refreshing to see the public policy debates acknowledge ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... easily," said Kan. The removal of impediments to life insurance companies offering deferred annuities with a guaranteed income stream between retirement and death could be one such step, he added.

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... members looking to access their super, particularly members aged 55 and over who can use a transition to retirement income stream to help get access to funds not otherwise available. Information on the funds' life events services - which provides free ...

ISN renews push for 12pc SG

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... consumption or paying off debt. It also found that at most retirees devote only 40 per cent of their accumulation to income stream (allocated pension) products - in contrast to Treasury who this year provided modelling to the Government that assumes ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... majority of its revenues from track access charges under a framework that allows it to receive an inflation-adjusted income stream and recover its operating and maintenance costs from train operating companies.

Calls to fast track higher SG: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... per cent of respondents were worried of their super savings running out yet only 39 per cent agreed to compulsory income stream purchasing. Other results showed that around 70 per cent did not expect to change their contributions levels, 15 per cent ...

SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Pension AGEST Pension CareSuper Pension Equipsuper Account Based Income Streams First State Super Superannuation Income Stream Retirement Product of the Year - Deluxe Choice REST Pension AMP Flexible Lifetime Allocated Pension AustralianSuper Pension ...

Challenger buoyed by annuities, boutiques

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
The guaranteed income streams provided by annuities continue to prove popular with Australian retirees post GFC, with Challenger Financial Services posting another record quarter for its annuities' business. In figures released yesterday, Challenger ...