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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 ...

ClearView, Manulife to launch retirement products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
ClearView has entered a strategic partnership with Canadian wealth firm Manulife Investment Management to launch a range of products with an immediate focus on retirement income solutions. The two firms signed a memorandum of understanding to partner ...

Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... testing, improving the interaction between the retirement income and aged care systems, encouraging innovation in retirement products, and developing best practice in the provision of financial advice and guidance. "We would also like to see structural ...

QSuper head moves to AMP

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... flexibility for their retirement. He previously spent six years at Sunsuper as senior manager of super and retirement products and was head of product - super concepts at ANZ. "I joined AMP because I truly believe we are the best placed organisation ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... effect in July 2022. The new paper, released July 19, proposes a framework for superannuation funds to develop retirement products for their members. "The covenant will place a key obligation on trustees to formulate, review regularly and give effect ...

Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... officer Reece Birtles said. "The old view of the economic behaviour of retirees that most existing multi-asset retirement products assume is that when people get to 65, they automatically become more risk averse and should move away from risky, growth-style ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... lowering the downsizer contribution age limit to 60 from 65, providing a two-year amnesty for exiting legacy retirement products, relaxing residency requirements for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated super funds. However, it was quiet on in creasing Commonwealth ...