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Blackstone drops $500m on Brisbane student accommodation

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... said. Elsewhere, Blackstone was recently joined by UniSuper in investing in an industrial portfolio from the National Pension Service of Korea, worth more than $1 billion in its entirety. Of the 20 portfolio assets, 12 are in Sydney's Quarry Industrial ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
The top 300 pension funds in the world, including 16 local super funds, have seen their assets drop for the first time since 2018. According to the Global Top 300 Pensions Funds report, conducted by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and the Thinking Ahead ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... retirement with confidence, as well as have enough to last throughout their lifetime. "Easy Default is an account-based pension product and the first important plank of what NGS Super is doing in the retirement income space," Previtera said. The product ...

Industry mega trends impacting distribution roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... rapidly growing advice businesses and the consultants who support them. Watson is also responding to the growth of the pension fund's internal investment teams. Growing internal teams One of the greatest opportunities for the larger, more diverse ...

IFM Investors appoints head of sustainable investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
IFM Investors has named Maria Nazarova-Doyle as its head of sustainable investment, in charge of leading the global team. Nazarova-Doyle will report to IFM chief strategy officer Luba Nikulina and focus on the implementation and measurement of sustainability ...

Government consults on superannuation objective laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... sustainability and a dignified retirement at the heart of superannuation policy while recognising the ongoing role of the Age Pension." "This objective offers a retirement aspiration which is fit for purpose, and worthy of our commitment to a future ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... options that have failed the test." As for AMP, the products that failed sit within the Wealth Personal Superannuation and Pension Fund and include five of the Experts' Choice products, eight of the Generations products, seven ipac products, three ...

State Super partners with analytics firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... 85,000 members. Based in Hong Kong Premialab launched in Australia in August, servicing institutional clients that include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers, helping allocate assets, select strategies, and manage risks. It is led ...

Super, retirement unit cushions Link's massive loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... administering approximately 1.6 million member accounts, up 60% over the last 12 months, Link said. "Adjusting for the HS Pension acquisition, RSS in the UK saw member numbers up 18%. The UK now accounts for 2.5% of RSS revenue in FY23. The recent acquisition ...

Longevity risk is big super's biggest failure: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... complex place and actually a mathematical optimisation for the trustee to work out how much to have in the account-based pension, and how much to have in new offerings and longevity insurance style of products." After reviewing 15 super fund trustees ...