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2025
- 10 December 2025: Excess Super and Tax: Lifetime Annuities are a Valuable Part of an Adviser’s Toolkit – Actuaries Institute
- 17 July 2025: Case Study: How Innovative Retirement Income Streams Compare to CPI-linked Annuities – Actuaries Institute
- 1 July 2025: The Longevity Conversation: Why Personalised Planning Horizons are the Missing Link in Retirement Advice – Actuaries Institute
- 6 May 2025: Annuities: Lifetime income streams – riding the waves – Azzet.comew
- 1 May 2025: You are (much) wealthier than you know, thanks to an $897,610 perk – Financial Review
- 25 March 2025: Retirement savings: why you’re unlikely to run out of money – The Australian
- 28 February 2025: How much should you have in super? What the retirement calculators won’t tell you – The Australian
- 3 February 2025: Solving the Longevity Equation – IFA
Media Archive
2023
2023
- 13 December 2023: David Orford – Evolution of lifetime pensions and annuities in Australia – Ensombl Advice Podcast
- 30 November 2023: Industry needs better retirement advice blueprint: Expert – Financial Standard
- 28 November 2023: Experts’ roadmap promises to hyper-charge retirement income – Financial Newswire
- 27 November 2023: Optimum Pensions releases retirement income strategies book for financial planners – Professional Planner
- 8 September 2023: How these revamped annuities can boost your retirement income – Financial Review
- 28 May 2023: Is it time for the last great superannuation reform? – Business Think | UNSW Sydney
- 3 April 2023: What is an investment-linked annuity? – SuperGuide
- 17 April 2023: Insured versus uninsured retirement products – Financial Standard
- 28 February 2023: Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk – Financial Standard
2022
2023
- 22 December 2022: Can superior investment performance beat lifetime annuity/pension income? – Actuaries Digital
- 12 November 2022: How not to die with retirement regret – Your Life Choices
- 8 November 2022: Australians worry about retirement – and maybe they should – Financial Standard
- 10 October 2022: The role of death benefits in a post RIC world – Industry Moves
- 3 August 2022: Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity – Financial Standard
- 31 July 2022: Super fund focus to shift to retirement products – Industry Moves
- 4 May 2022: Educating Australians about a smooth retirement income with longevity products a major challenge – Investment Magazine
- 8 February 2022: Confidence, not life expectancy, most important for retirement: Optimum – Investor Strategy
2021
- 16 November 2021: Can a lifespan calculator help you plan your retirement? – Choice.com
- 22 October 2021: Lifetime pensions take up slowed by regulation – Money Management
- 7 April 2021: New longevity calculator for clearer outcomes – SMS Magazine
- 7 April 2021: Many retirement planning tools not accurate in life expectancy – Money Management
- 8 April 2021: Many retirement planning tools not accurate in life expectancy – Super Review
- 31 March 2021: Why advisers don’t recommend annuities – Financial Standard
2020
- 3 NOV 2020: Life Insurers Recognised for Innovation – Financial Standard
- 23 Nov 2020: Retirement Income Review: David Orford Video Interview – Super Guide
- 6 Oct 2020: Federal Budget 2020: Stephen Huppert Video Interview – Super Guide
- 19 Aug 2020: Beyond The Average: Understanding The Range Of Life Expectancy. Jim Hennington Video Interview – Super Guide
- July 2020: Thoughts Behind The Real Lifetime Pension – Journal Of Superannuation Management
- 6 MAY 2020: Sharing the Risks – SuperFunds Magazine
- 30 April 2020: Annuity ‘Hate’ Untrue – Super Review
- 7 FEB 2020: The True Cost of Old Fund Admin Technology – Journal Of Superannuation Management
2019
- How Does The CPP Compare To Australia’s Superannuation Funds? – Benefits Canada
- The Risks and Rewards Of Annuities For Retirement Income – The New Daily
- The Great Engagement Debate – SuperFunds Magazine
- A Lifetime of Security – Money Management
- Ageing Australia: Retirement Income and You – Morningstar
- Take the Australian Life Tables with a Pinch of Salt – SuperGuide
- Queue starts forming for Optimum Pensions – Investor Strategy News
- Innovations in Retirement Income Solutions – Super Review
- Lifetime Income Tackles Retirement Timebomb – Cuffelinks
- The Retirement Time Bomb – Financial Standard
- You’ll live longer than you think – Financial Standard
- Curtain call for industry body after 96 years – Financial Standard
2018
- Financial Synergy founder defends CIPRs
- David Orford back onto a different horse: lifetime income streams
- CIPRs should be a retention tool: Optimum
- Are Ciprs A Replacement For Good Advice?
- Innovating financial products for retirement
- The state of retiree research in Australia
- Retirement income: A moving target
- New mortality study adds to retirement conversation
2017
- David Orford Launches Optimum Pensions
- Orford comes back to launch a new form of annuity incomes
- Actuary unveils retirement solution
- Optimum Pensions appoints general manager
- Financial Synergy founder launches new firm
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