The changing face of retirementNicolette Rubinsztein
General Manager Retirement & Advocacy
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Outline – The changing face of retirement
1. The post-retirement market backdrop
2. Key conclusions from Ernst & Young modelling
3. What is a potential financial planning response?
4. How is CFS responding?
Nicolette
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The post-retirement market backdrop
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More than 85% of retirement FUM is being invested in income streams
Source: Rice Warner 2014
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85
Assets (%)
Pension rollover
Lump sums
54
46
Investors (%)
Lump sums
Pension rollover
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With those taking lump sums having lower balances and generally spending the lump sums sensibly
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012, Retirement and Retirement Intentions. Excludes those that “Don’t know”.
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5%
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15%
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25%
30%
35%
29%
20%
15%
12%11%
8%
3%
1%
Reason for taking a full or partial lump sum
45% of lump sums are less
than $50k
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Nearly half of this post-retirement FUM is in SMSFs and a third in retail products
Source: Rice Warner 2013
Not for profit
SMSFs
Retail
$159b (32%)
$85b (17%)
$249b (51%)
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In the retail segment there are a variety of products on offer
Source: ASFA Review of Retirement Income Stream Regulation 2014
Longevity risk protection
Investment risk protection
Inflation risk protection
Provide lump sums Death benefit
Life annuities High High High / Low Low Low
Life pensions High High High Low Low
Account-based pensions Low
Low / Medium
Low / Medium /
HighHigh High
Variable annuities Medium Medium Medium Medium High
Fixed term annuities Low High Low Low Medium
Hybrid productsMedium /
HighMedium
Medium / Low
Medium / High
Medium / High
Deferred lifetime annuities High High Medium Low Low
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But account based pensions are by far the most popular
Source: Plan for Life June 2014, Rice Warner 2014
Allocated pensions Term annuities Lifetime annuities Variable annuities (estimated)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160 153.2
7.3 3.2 2.6
Retail post retirement market FUM ($bn)
Significant success in the US (~$2 trillion), but limited success in
Australia
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Due to the flexibility and exposure to Australian equity returns
Source: Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2014
Neth
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ands
Unit
ed K
ingdom
USA
Aust
ralia
Canada
Germ
any
France
New
Zeala
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Sw
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rland
Spain
Japan
Italy
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%6.0% 6.0%
5.8%5.5%
5.1% 5.1% 5.0% 5.0% 4.9%
4.4% 4.3%
0.6%
Annualised real equity returns over 50 years (1964-2013)
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But…
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There are growing concerns about longevity risk
Source: Mercers 2014
Age to which percentage of retiring white collar workers likely to live to:
50% 35% 5%
Men 88 91 99
Women 91 93 Beyond 100
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And customers remain significantly risk averse …
Source: Strativity Group Research
After reaching a ‘tipping point’, pre-retirees become highly engaged investors and their focus becomes acutely defensive:
“My main concern was maintaining my super. I didn't need it to grow much, just not go backwards”
“More than anything I wanted to ensure that my husband and I had financial security and safety for our money…nothing too risky!”
"I wanted a solution that would just protect my money”
“What I really wanted was to place my money with the safest bet I could. It was not the most successful but it definitely was the safest”
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We have a comparatively low investment in annuities
Source: Public Pensions Institute, Briefing Paper 66: Freedom and Choice in Pensions
Switzerland UK Chile Denmark Ireland Australia USA0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
80%
75%
70%
50%
30%
5%2%
Estimated annuitisation by country
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And income security is low for Australian retirees compared to other countries
Source: Global Age Watch Index 2014 – Income Security Sub-Index
Australia
New Zealand
Italy
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Norway
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
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77
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81
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Income Security Index measuring pension coverage, poverty and income replacement for population 65+ (%)
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As a result, despite the strong levels of voluntary investment in income streams, the Australian post retirement market is considered to be underdeveloped
The Inquiry has made the following observations about Australia’s retirement income system:
- The retirement phase of superannuation is underdeveloped and does not meet the risk management needs of many retirees
Financial Services Inquiry Interim Report, July 2014
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There is global change underfoot
OECD Roadmap for the Good Design of Defined
Contribution Pension Plans
“For the payout phase, encourage annuitization as a protection against longevity risk”
“A combination of programmed withdrawals with a deferred life annuity (e.g. starting payments at the age of 85) that offers protection against inflation could be seen as an appropriate default”
Recent US changes to support deferred annuities
The Department of Labor provided relief allowing investors to invest a portion of 401(k) savings into a deferred annuity commencing after age 70.5
Recent UK changes to compulsory annuitisation
In 2011, the requirement to annuitise private pensions by age 75 was removed
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As well as changes in the Australian market
“The Government is considering the possibility of extending to DLAs the same concessional tax treatment that applies to investment earnings on assets supporting superannuation income streams, to facilitate their provision and help people insure against longevity risk”
Treasury Discussion Paper on Retirement Income Stream Regulation
July 2014
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And advisers are showing more interest in annuities
Source: Investment Trends Retirement Income Report 2013
Key conclusions from Ernst & Young modelling
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What is the optimal retirement solution?
Post-retirement needs are very different from accumulation, and there’s a trade-off between them:
• Income (level, inflation-protection, security)
• Longevity (interaction with social security)
• Inheritance (assets, death benefits)
Any post-retirement model needs to be able to handle a range of client/environmental scenarios (e.g. risk aversion, economic conditions)
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EY built a stochastic model to evaluate the different product options in retirement
• Compares life annuity, allocated pension, variable annuity and combinations of products• Pricing, customer and market inputs are fully flexible• Draw down strategy takes into account age pension• Pension is means tested and indexed annually• Draw down strategy is modelled together with market returns• Key assumptions in appendix
67 72 77 82 87 92 97$0
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$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
$350,000
$400,000
$0
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
Allocated Pension($380k bal, $55k pa target income)
Current Assets (LHS) Current Income (RHS) Age Pension (RHS)Target Income (RHS) Total Income (RHS)
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Comparing products – income assessment
Where applicable, allocation between Allocated pension and Deferred annuity is 75%/25%. Deferred annuity has a 12 year deferral period. Hypothetical scenario only based on a balanced portfolio and mid-range market conditions. See appendix for investment assumptions. Past performance is no indication of future performance.
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10 years less than life expectancy
life expectancy 10 years plus life expectancy
AP: Allocated PensionLA: Lifetime AnnuityDA: Deferred AnnuityVA: Variable Annuity
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Comparing products – NPV assessment
Where applicable, allocation between Allocated pension and Deferred annuity is 75%/25%. Deferred annuity has a 12 year deferral period. Hypothetical scenario only based on a balanced portfolio and mid-range market conditions. See appendix for investment assumptions. Past performance is no indication of future performance.
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10 years less than life expectancy life expectancy 10 years plus life
expectancy
AP: Allocated PensionLA: Lifetime AnnuityDA: Deferred AnnuityVA: Variable Annuity
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Key CFS conclusions from E&Y modelling
• The optimal solution must be tailored at the client level by the adviser
• The modelling supports three product conclusions:
• Allocated pensions perform well for clients living up to life expectancy
• On pure financial metrics alone, variable annuities do not provide attractive outcomes
• Combinations of an allocated pension and a life or deferred annuity can often provide superior outcomes to an allocated pension alone(i.e. support for partial annuitisation)
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Early academic research from University of Sydney and UTS supports partial annuitisation for balances over $200,000
Source: Choices over life annuities: optimal decisions for Australian Retirees, University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney
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Other academic research by David Bell has similar conclusions
Source: St Davids Road Advisory, David Bell 2013
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As reflected in this Cuffelinks article…
Why academics like lifetime annuitiesBy David Bell on September 18, 2013
“It remains a mystery in academic circles why people do not purchase life annuities. Financial models suggest life annuities are beneficial to rational decision-making individuals, yet in Australia the number of life policies purchased remains small”
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Mercer issued a paper ‘Partial annuitisation – Retirement Income Portfolio Guidelines’ commissioned by Challenger
Source: Mercers
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Zenith has created model portfolios with a 20% allocation to a lifetime annuity, replacing part of the fixed interest allocation
Source: Zenith
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What is a potential financial planning response?
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Three potential financial planning strategies that include annuities
1. Layering
2. Deferred annuity
3. Aged care
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One financial planning strategy is based on “layering” of income
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Age pension ($20K p.a)
Income from allocated pension for life expectancy ($21k p.a) Deferred annuity
($10k p.a)
67 75 79
Super balance
Age
Am
ou
nt
($)
Another financial planning strategy is where a customer combines an allocated pension with a small investment in a deferred annuity
$41k per annum(ASFA
comfortable level of
retirement)
Invest$65k in a deferred
annuity or pay an annual
premium
Use allocated pension to fund income for life
expectancy. May incorporate investment protection
Reduction in income as
enter passive
retirement
A $10k per annum deferred annuity payable
from age 79 would cost $65K
at age 67
$379k
Retirement lump sum of $379k
Source: CFS/Comminsure
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There is also a financial planning strategy focussed on aged care
• Lifetime annuity providing fixed payments
• Beneficially treated for Social Security and Aged Care purposes
• Generally no assessable income for aged care fees and Age Pension income test
• Depleting asset value for Age Pension asset test
• Commutation value: 100% of purchase price on:
• Death in first 10 years
• Voluntary commutation at year 10 window
How is CFS responding?
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The CFS product response – our ‘adviser toolkit’ strategy
Platform
• CommInsure and Challenger annuities on FirstChoice and FirstWrap (P)• A cost effective equity investment protection solution (P)• Enhanced reporting for advisers (√)• Client statement enhancements focusing on income in retirement (P)• CGT and transaction cost refund on super to pension transfers (√)
Investments
• Platform investment menu options suitable for retirement• Long term TDs (√)• Income and tax aware strategies (√P)
• Objectives-based multi-asset investment capability• GAM CPI+ fund (√)• Schroders Real Return (√)
Annuities• CommInsure reviewing annuities offering (P)• Dedicated BDM support and new adviser materials (P)
(P) Proposed(√) already in place
Any questions?
Appendix:Ernst & Young model investment assumptions
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Investment market assumptions for Ernst & Young modelling
Asset class assumptions
Mean return Volatility
CPI 2.5% 1.15%
Avg Weekly Earnings 3.5% 0.91%
Cash 5.0% 0.55%
Fixed Income 5.5% 5.00%
Aus Equity 8.5% 17.00%
Listed Property 8.2% 17.92%
Intl Equity 8.5% 17.00%
Direct Property 8.2% 12.00%
Correlations CPI AWE CashFixed
IncomeAus Equity
Listed Property
Intl EquityDirect
Property
CPI 100% 16% 29% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
AWE 16% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Cash 29% 0% 100% 20% 0% 0% 0% 10%
Fixed Income
0% 0% 20% 100% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Aus Equity 0% 0% 0% 10% 100% 80% 75% 10%
Listed Property
0% 0% 0% 10% 80% 100% 60% 10%
Intl Equity 0% 0% 0% 10% 75% 60% 100% 10%
Direct Property
0% 0% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 100%
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