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Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... collected responses from some 1450 member and identified just over one in three respondents found super and retirement products easy to understand. Additionally, more than four in five (84%) said clearer, plain-language super and retirement products ...

Super system to hit $12.4tn by 2045

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... for members," Boal said. "As balances rise, there is an urgent need for more sophisticated, fit-for-purpose retirement products that can balance income, flexibility and longevity protection for a much larger and more diverse retiree population," he said. ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Araujo said the Australian retirement system is transforming, where advice is filling the gap in introducing retirement products for retirees. "Generation Life is proud to be selected as a partner of choice by CFS to help co-develop next-generation wealth ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... products. The test currently applies to some 560 products or 62% member benefits in APRA-regulated funds. Retirement products, for example, are outside the test's scope. Expanding the test for diversified externally directed products in the accumulation ...

Australians lose $13.5bn by delaying retirement switch: HESTA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... irrespective of their balance, gender, homeownership, or marital status would benefit from transitioning to retirement products at eligibility. "The research finds every eligible member cohort analysed is better off when they have access to a retirement ...

Tahlia Rozis heads to Generation Life

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... in growing its distribution footprint and supporting advisers with solutions such as investment bonds and retirement products," he added. Rozis brings close to a decade of experience in funds management and platform distribution to GenLife, having held ...

MLC completes full Retirement Boost rollout for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... modelling by MLC Expand showed when used at its full potential the product, complemented with traditional retirement products like an account-based pension, can improve a client's income in retirement by up to 60%. "This solution will be life changing ...

HESTA urges government to modernise Australian retirement system

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... called for funds to be given the ability to actively prompt members to transition to appropriate specific fund retirement products, with the ability to opt-out. It also called to allow default transition for eligible members into retirement income stream ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... from 29% in 2024 but short of the 2021 peak 60%. Another key challenge is persisting knowledge gaps about retirement products, with those who do use them reporting "high levels" of satisfaction. "Fewer than 30% of retirees clearly understand retirement ...

Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... actual outcomes for members in retirement. Lastly, the report called for funds to start providing a range of retirement products, guidance and access to advice and services that collectively accommodate members' diverse needs and preferences and ...
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