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Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
New retirement income products from the financial advice space could arrive sooner than those from superannuation funds but there is still a long wait for both, according to State Street Global Australia. In its May budget, the Federal Government said ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Financial advisers can't afford to ignore the Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPR) debate as it will affect all corners of the advice industry, a retirement solutions expert says. State Street Global Advisors head of retirement solutions ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 million into a new Challenger Investment Partners (CIP) fund investing in middle-market commercial property lending. The fund is designed to provide alternative financing to owners ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The retirement income strategy and implementation timeline proposed in this year's Budget is "workable and sensible" but there are concerns the Federal Government should quickly address. This is according to SuperEd, the robo-adviser aiming to improve ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
We are one and we are many, and all of us don't expect any movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when it meets at 2.30pm today for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
An independent think tank is launching a sustainable retirement scorecard as a self-assessment tool for superannuation funds to benchmark performance in managing members' retirement. The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) is introducing ...

Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Treasury has laid out principles for its proposed retirement income covenant and is inviting stakeholders to submit consultation for the next four weeks. Here are key takeaways from it. The paper's primary suggestion - as expected -- is that all ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Challenger said the new requirement for superannuation trustees to include comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs) will boost outcomes for retirees in blended annuity portfolios. As per the changes in the Budget, the new means test rules ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
More changes to Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
The Federal Government will accelerate the development of retirement income products and means testing could come as early as 1 July 2019. In Tuesday night's Budget, the Government said it will introduce a retirement income covenant that will require ...