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Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Investment in cryptocurrencies among investors has surpassed defensive assets such as precious metals, fixed income and annuities, according to new research. Digital asset exchange BTC Markets latest survey of over 2000 investors revealed 12.6% of respondents ...

Challenger on track to performance target

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... long-term annuity sales while domestic annuity sales were up 11%. Earnings before interest and tax was $193 million. The annuities business changed its investment portfolio to be more defensive due to the pandemic which resulted in $3 billion in liquidity ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... short, CGF is set to offer term deposits under the same economics and asset and liability structure as its current term annuities," Sotiriou said. "To be clear, CGF is set to offer term deposits, but gain the net interest margin through existing investment ...

QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... standards and provide higher income than an account-based pension drawn down at minimum rates. The review found the use of annuities in Australia remains "very low" and do not fully curb longevity risk. Modeling of three retirement income products found ...

Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... lifetime annuity in Australia to be linked to the cash rate, according to the firm. Challenger also offers lifetime annuities that have no index, are indexed to the CPI or partially indexed to it. "The innovative new RBA Cash Linked option allows customers ...

Tough year at Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... portfolio rejig) but was able to attract about $400 million of external money during FY20. Challenger Life - which includes annuities as well as other life products - saw total sales rise 13% to $5.2 billion. But total annuity sales were down about 12% ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... committed to staying a major shareholder and in a strategic relationship with Challenger, it said in company filings. The annuities giant said it will use the proceeds to add to its balance sheet (taking pro forma PCA ratio to 1.78x from 1.63x at May ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... lifting", to help time-poor advisers explain the risks retirees face, including educating Australians about the benefits of annuities. "They [advisers] are under so much pressure. The sources of revenue are changing underneath them, their costs in terms ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... government previously believed. However, that demand is being stifled by a lack of understanding among consumers on how annuities function and what options are available to them. "There's a belief out there that Australians 'hate' annuities ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... Australians in retirement could choose to preserve more of their super funds instead of taking account-based pensions and annuities. "This choice allowed retirees an opportunity to offset some of the losses they had incurred through the market falls ...