CIPR

Editorial

Certainty the missing ingredient in retirement incomes policy

Despite the nay-sayers, Australia has developed a superannuation system which is the envy of many other developed economies but, in many respects, it remains a work in pr...

Features

Retirement incomes policy – plenty of talk, little action

Mike Taylor writes that in the half-decade of discussion around retirement incomes policy there has been plenty of talk, multiple proposals but very little real progress....

Features

Taking the slow boat towards CIPRs

Experts believe retirement income products need to be flexible, certain, and help retirees with their spending. But it is clear the development of these products continue...

Features

Don’t wait for Govt on CIPRs

Waiting for the Government to finally move on Comprehensive Income Products in Retirement risks denying superannuation funds the opportunity to innovate, according to Par...

People & Products

Herbert Smith Freehills appoints super expert

Ruth Stringer has been appointed by Herbert Smith Freehills to its Australian financial services team in Sydney....

Superannuation

Accusation of CIPR ‘cargo cult’

Industry funds group, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has accused Treasury of fostering a ‘cargo cult’ with respect to the Comprehensive Income Produc...

Superannuation

Removal of volume-based adviser fees will test super funds

New analysis from Rice Warner has suggested that the removal of volume-based adviser fees would challenge superannuation just as much as it would challenge planning firms...

Financial planning

CIPR discussion too product-focused

The discussion around CIPRs or the MyRetirement framework should focus on a ‘solution’ rather than ‘product’, while low-cost digital advice solutions should be a key com...