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MLC platform adds retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... superannuation account but allows customers to boost their income during retirement through the concessional treatment of lifetime income streams. "We knew the solution would be of interest to advisers, but the response to date - only a few months in ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... to simplify retirement decisions and associated trade-offs for members. The models cover a range of account-based and lifetime pension allocations which can help members reach their desired goals while striking a balance between the three models. Certainty ...

HUB24, TAL to launch retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
HUB24 will launch a lifetime retirement solution in conjunction with TAL in the first half of 2026. HUB24 chief executive Andrew Alcock said the solution will address one of the most pressing concerns for Australians - the risk of outliving their retirement ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... what we are focused on. All of this is part of our comprehensive plan to tackle gender inequality across a woman's lifetime."

Damian Graham jumps to Challenger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Super have been in partnership since 2023 when the former was selected by Aware Super to provide a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected as it was well placed to meet the ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... in people "making poor choices and lead to many retirees being overly conservative spenders." In a recent whitepaper Lifetime Income and the Annuity Puzzle, Huppert notes that Treasury's Retirement Income Review (RIR) found that 83% of accounts in ...

Future Fund returns top $200bn since inception

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... $327.9 billion in September. "This is a great achievement and reflects the work done at the Future Fund both over its lifetime but also more recently to understand the changes to investment markets that we continue to see and to adjust our portfolio ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... stress. Australia's retirement market is at a critical point and these changes will drive growth and innovation in the lifetime income market. This will be positive for retirees and the wider community."

Challenger, Iress partner for retirement income solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Iress' existing Xplan infrastructure, using its current capabilities for an integrated advice journey specifically for lifetime retirement income products, with an initial focus on the decumulation phase. It will encompass factfinding, product selection ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... people die with 90% of the starting super balance, a figure which does not indicate a retirement well lived. While a lifetime income stream can be the bedrock of a comfortable retirement, the solutions can be flexible enough to enable higher spending ...