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IFM Investors recruits chief of staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
Retirement income policy veteran Amara Haqqani has joined IFM Investors as chief of staff. In the new role, Haqqani is tasked with supporting cross-organisational collaboration and output amongst the executive team. Haqqani is a senior financial services ...

APRA reorganises as it sets sights on superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... priorities will include working with ASIC to ensure superannuation trustees meet their requirements under the Retirement Income Covenant. In addition, APRA chair John Lonsdale said the regulator would be taking a close look at the relationship between ...

CSC launches series of retirement options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has gone live with its retirement income strategy, unveiling a suite of retirement resources. The super fund said it's among the first to go beyond merely publishing information about what a strategy might ...

'Our patience is running thin': ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... delivering strong returns and balances is only part of the job. "Two years on from the implementation of the Retirement Income Covenant, we are still having the same conversations. Equally, we're still seeing a lack of urgency in improving member services ...

Challenger pre-tax profit up 17%, raises dividend to 26.5c

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... financial services group said its NPBT result was driven by an ongoing strong performance in Challenger Life - its retirement income business that sells term and lifetime annuity products - and a "disciplined approach to cost management." Challenger's ...

ESSSuper launches Balanced Growth Managed option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... targets moderately high returns of 3.25% above the rate of inflation or 3.75% above the rate of inflation for retirement income stream accounts. For example, if the consumer price index (CPI) averages 3% p.a. year over 10 years, the option aims for an ...

New shadow assistant treasurer's vision for advice, super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... doubled to $20 million by the current government - should be reconsidered. Separately, on superannuation and retirement income performance, Howarth said he believes in super, supports it, and wouldn't make any major changes. "I don't come in ...

WTW retirement solutions lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... include risk tolerance modelling, demographic and retirement adequacy analysis, dynamic lifecycle strategies, retirement income projections, and using fintech to devise retirement strategies and present retirement risks effectively. Callil worked across ...

Australian Retirement Trust restructures leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has undergone a major organisational shakeup that's resulted in an overhaul of its executive leadership team, including some key departures. The $300 billion super fund, which is nipping at the heels of AustralianSuper ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... be the case," Boal said. "It's time for us to reconsider the role of the home as a fourth pillar of our retirement income system - alongside the Age Pension, superannuation, and voluntary private savings - which could be treated as another financial ...