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'No basis' to ban independent trustee model: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... the aligned SMSF market ($1.8 trillion FUM), offers products and services that are most closely aligned to the Retirement Income Covenant (RIC). It said in its submission that recent licence conditions introduced by APRA on trustees of platforms will ...

ART appoints two to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new director to its board and an adviser to two of its board committees. Mark Gray joins the board of ART, bringing extensive experience as a chair, non-executive director, chief executive and senior ...

APRA funding levy rises to $253m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... interests of their members." APRA's work will also cover retirement outcomes. Following the release of the Retirement Income Covenant pulse survey findings in November 2025, APRA said it is working with ASIC to provide individual feedback to trustees ...

Behavioural constraint is costing retirees greatly: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... as hard-to-unwind, even when they materially improve long-term outcomes, the report said. While traditional retirement income planning focuses on sustaining target income levels, it does not resolve retirees deeply held concerns, including outliving ...

HUB24 expands retirement options with TAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... with life insurer TAL, available through HUB24 Super. The new offering meets the requirements of an Innovative Retirement Income Stream (IRIS) and provides access to concessional Centrelink treatment when used to purchase a lifetime pension account. ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... solutions combining fixed, CPI and investment-linked annuities. For Challenger, CFS is integrating innovation retirement income solutions (IRIS) and the full suite of annuity capabilities. Meanwhile, Generation Life's investment-linked IRIS will ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... "The Guardian's policies fail to meet the basic requirements of the Act ( New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 ) so far as exclusion from the fund for alleged breach of human rights standards is concerned. They are unreasonable ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... needs. For financial advisers who want to stay at the leading edge, Allianz Retire+ offers a compelling solution. Retirement income products and annuities have come a long way in recent years, which is particularly timely as retirement confidence wanes ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... reforms as a cohesive package is essential to achieving fiscal sustainability while delivering high standards of retirement income and doing so in a way that mitigates potential adverse effects on household saving incentives and ensuring fairness across ...

Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... reform is the introduction of a Value for Money framework which will require trustees to offer clear default retirement income options. The aim is to avoid savers being stuck in underperforming schemes. This will involve a standardised approach to how ...
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