Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 40 results for "deferred lifetime annuities"

CommInsure eyes deferred lifetime annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... Challenger. Most of CommInsure's annuity sales are from its fixed term products, but it is now working on deferred lifetime annuities. "We have been looking at them for some while. The July 1 regulation changes have provided certainty around social security ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... the clients individual circumstances, Lowe said in many cases periods were less than five years for deferred lifetime annuities. "And if I look to the limited number that we have actually had invest in this particular product [deferred lifetime annuities] ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... new means test rules will also enable the development of new retirement income products, including deferred lifetime annuities. Challenger described such products as "essential building blocks for CIPRs." Challenger said its fixed-term annuities, which ...

Managed accounts now available via FirstChoice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... advisers and licensees. In another major expansion to its investment menu, CFS also added Challenger's deferred lifetime annuities to FirstChoice this year in what was a first for platforms in Australia. Despite having also been added to FirstWrap, at ...

Annuity sales soar as deferred products loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... annuities increased by 83% last financial year and more money is expected to pour in as of next month when deferred lifetime annuities become available via FirstChoice and FirstWrap. Colonial First State general manager, product and investments Peter ...

Colonial First State platforms make deferred annuities more accessible

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Advisers will soon have access to Challenger's deferred lifetime annuities through Colonial First State platforms. Speaking at an adviser event in Sydney yesterday, CFS head of retail platforms Sam Wall announced that from 1 July 2017, Challenger products ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... during deferral to spread any potential interest rate risk," the white paper said. The analysis of deferred lifetime annuities and retirement products in general comes at a time when Australia's life expectancy hit a new high in 2015. Latest figures ...

Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... deferred life time annuities from 1 July 2017. This will enable retirees to buy products, such as deferred lifetime annuities that they can rely on for a particular level of income for the rest of their life. These will be of particular benefit for those ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... reform that will allow for a broader range of retirement income products. "Among these products will be deferred lifetime annuities which are, effectively, insurance. Retirees would purchase them, probably through a number of regular premiums while they ...

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... be achieved by extending the tax exemption on earnings in the retirement phase to products such as deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) and group self-annuitisation products. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said these products "can provide more flexibility ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT