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Confidence in a 'comfortable' retirement nears lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... retirement income product that provides protection against market falls. Guild remarked that preference for retirement products varies significantly by age and super balance, however, many fund members are unable to articulate their requirements. This ...

Don't water down YFYS: Grattan Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... expansion of the test, Grattan Institute said, including single-sector, externally managed, member-directed and retirement products. Finally, Grattan Institute said stapling should be implemented in full, but investment will be needed. "Investments to ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... superannuation trustees across the industry, retail, corporate and public sectors for both accumulation and retirement products. The regulator observed that all the TMDs reviewed by ASIC described target markets, but some trustees demonstrated better ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... says. "Given the Covenant is likely to herald a wave of new lower-cost, easier to understand but more useful retirement products, there's every chance the momentum behind NFP retiree super could help it sweep all before it." If super funds are to ...

Generation Life launches retirement income product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... demographics towards an ageing population, further developing our technology to accommodate a new style of post-retirement products is key. "In so doing, we also acknowledge the importance and need for technology to support members during their retirement ...

How AMP plans to bounce back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... providing innovative solutions," George said. "In the coming months we will provide further details of these new retirement products that we believe will be a key differentiator for us, and an opportunity to grow new business." Separately, shareholders ...

28% of super products rated AAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... AAA Quality Rating. Out of the AAA products, 79 are workplace products, 49 are personal products and 65 are retirement products. The assessment criteria framework as part of the AAA Quality Rating process considers the investment menu, performance and ...

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... all participants in the wealth management sector to encourage innovation in the development of high-quality retirement products that deliver good outcomes to members, while avoiding creating legacy issues that have hindered the industry and its customers ...

Melinda Howes bids farewell to BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... Howes has spent 18 years with BT across two stints; she previously served as director, superannuation and retirement products from 1993 to 2004. Between 2004 and 2014 Howes held several roles, including as chief executive of the Actuaries Institute ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
APRA is adamant that retirement income products will not suffer the same fate as income protection insurance as it looks to tighten its belt in regulating the post-retirement phase. The prudential regulator's deputy chair Helen Rowell spoke of the ...