Retirement Income Covenant

Retirement

Making a principles-based retirement income covenant work

The superannuation fund industry might be strongly supportive of a principles-based approach because it appears to enable more flexibility in product design but David Bell argues it might not be that straight forward.

David BellJuly 5, 2021

Retirement

Widening guidance: The case for more advice in super builds

Funds might tread carefully with their intra-fund strategies but work being done by policy makers and the funds themselves around retirement solutions will open new pathways for advice within superannuation.

Matthew SmithJune 30, 2021

Retirement

Business case for retirement needs to stack up

The design and creation of retirement solutions between now and when the government’s slated Retirement Income Covenant comes into effect will have a lot to do with whether the business case for these products stack up, superannuation fund executives have highlighted.

Matthew SmithJune 28, 2021

Retirement

YFYS makes way for super’s ‘great unfinished business’

The Retirement Income Covenant will be principles-based legislation designed to push funds to develop retirement strategies and provide guidance to ensure members make the most of their accumulated savings during retirement.

Matthew SmithJune 25, 2021

Retirement Conference 2019

Cooper: Merge Bills and kill two birds with one stone

The way forward for Australia’s superannuation system is to combine two key pieces of legislation according to Challenger’s chair of retirement income, Jeremy Cooper.

Elizabeth FryMarch 20, 2019

Retirement Conference 2019

APRA deputy chair sounds warning to trustees

APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell warns superannuation fund trustees not to delay meeting their obligations in designing suitable retirement income products for members.

Elizabeth FryMarch 19, 2019