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Pension deficits worsen for FTSE 100

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... report and accounts. Meanwhile the FTSE 100 pension schemes' flight out of equities into bonds continue. The average pension scheme asset allocations to bonds has increased to 47 per cent - up from 40 per cent. "This represents the largest 12-month shift ...

UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
UK pension funds are increasingly diversifying into hedge funds, global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) and active currency strategies, according to a Mercer survey. The firm's European Asset Allocation Survey found UK pension fund allocations to equity ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Irish pension scheme assets axed nearly a quarter of its value in 2008 - losing nearly $38 billion to December last year. According to the latest Irish Association of Pension Funds' annual asset allocation survey, the assets of pension schemes in the ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... is essential if we are to emerge from this crisis and avoid another one." HEOS is owned by the British Telecom Pension Scheme, is a well respected investment house. It is an advisory service that has been working alongside many of the world's largest ...

GESB plans on hold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Western Australian public sector super fund, GESB's planned mutualisation process has again been shelved after the local government cited tax and bad financial market concerns. Western Australian treasurer, Troy Buswell said significant progress had ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The government has introduced new superannuation rules that will address what has long been viewed as discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Watson Wyatt is launching an online education service for employers and pension scheme trustees to better communicate with employees after a report found companies are alarmed with the lack of engagement with staff. The 'Be in touch' online tool can ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... Care Super, ARIA and Statewide Superannuation Trust are the local firms involved in the move. Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Scheme trustee and PRI chair, said as existing and potential shareholders, the group wants to urge companies to take action on ...

EAI merges with PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... and climate change, on the company and its performance. EAI's membership includes US based CalSTRS, UK based BT Pension Scheme and locally based UniSuper, VicSuper and HESTA Super fund. The decision to combine both initiatives follows an agreement in ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Watson Wyatt research revealed less than one fifth of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes carried out a risk assessment in the last 12 months despite continued bad markets. Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant, said this number of risk ...