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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 ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... Institute of Health and Welfare predicts close to half of all Australians will experience mental ill-health in their lifetime, with four in five worried their mental health could impact their ability to work. According to TAL, claims for psychological ...

AMP platform flows jump 61.6%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... exclusive access for AMP members to our intuitive digital advice journeys and our innovative retirement income solution, AMP Lifetime Super. " It also provided an update on its proceedings against insurers for historical remediation programs. It had ...

Generation Life hires former Allianz Retire+ exec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... wealth and advice channels, ensuring Generation Life continues to be the provider of choice for investment bonds and lifetime annuities," Rodda said. "I am pleased to join the executive group at Generation Life and look forward to accelerating our growth ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... of more comfortable retirements." The submission recommended the government directly offer retirees annuities called 'Lifetime Super'. These products should be priced at sustainable rates and managed by an independent agency. "Annuities are typically ...

Stockspot reduces fees to increase accessibility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... now ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 per child. Further, Stockspot has also indefinitely extended benefits across the Lifetime Platinum and Diamond tiers if a member of the two tiers has remained active for more than five years. "These updates are designed ...