ANNUITIES

People & Products

Challenger and HUB24 have announced that the former’s annuities should be available to advisers and clients on the platform by the 2019 financial year....

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Financial planning

Staggered annuitisations can help support retirees through to maximum probable life expectancy, and planners are showing increased interest in them as a retirement soluti...

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Funds management

Challenger’s first quarter 2018 update showed an increase in AUM, driven by its life and funds management businesses....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that while other options may exist, annuitisation has become the preferred foundation for the development of Government approved retirement income prod...

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Features

The Government has moved further to facilitate the development of post-retirement products but, as Hope William-Smith reports, the provision of good advice will remain th...

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Awards

‘Old world’ lifetime annuities that offered little access to capital have been flipped on their head by Challenger, which saw its Challenger Guaranteed Annuity named the ...

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People & Products

legalsuper has added Challenger's lifetime and fixed term annuities to its retirement products menu....

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Financial planning

CFS platforms have exceeded $535 million thanks to advisers driving annuities to meet complex retirement needs while maintaining admin efficiencies....

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People & Products

Suncorp has announced it would offer white-labelled Challenger annuities via its adviser channel....

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Superannuation

Funds and fund members needed to understand both the benefits and compromises that deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) offered, Frontier Advisors and Milliman said....

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Tools & guides

Minh Ly looks at what advisers need to take into consideration once the asset test changes have been implemented....

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News

Challenger’s total group assets and FUM was up three per cent for the September quarter from the previous quarter, which it attributed to interest in annuities....

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Features

Getting retirees to cut back spending in the middle of retirement will be seen as more of a failure of advice than a useful strategy, Aaron Minney writes....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that platforms are rapidly evolving to meet both planner needs and Australia’s rapidly changing demographics — something which has given rise to the av...

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Superannuation

Challenger has posted strong results on the back of record annuities sales driven by superannuation distribution....

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