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State Super appoints CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... chief investment officer, and promoted Charles Wu to deputy chief investment officer and general manager of defined contribution. Gabriel replaced Richard Hedley, who exited after more than two years in the role. Gabriel was previously the general manager ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... responsibility to help workers navigate retirement but that changed with the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, Fink said. "Nearly all countries are confronting greater longevity and how to pay for it. This lack of preparedness ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... ability to proactively engage with individual companies to drive change, WTW said. Several defined benefit and defined contribution clients have committed more than GBP500 million ($900m) of capital to the new strategy. WTW head of sustainability for ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... "handful" of large superannuation funds in analysing features of the new products. It works with the global defined contribution team and the multi-asset class teams. Recruitment is currently underway to add another person to the Australian team, Shead ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... Australia's relatively high investment and administration fees reflect the high prevalence of SMSFs and defined contribution (as opposed to defined benefit) plans, as well as a relatively large number of smaller funds with higher average costs.

Industry fund adds directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... having previously served as chief investment officer of State Super. She was responsible for $8 billion in defined contribution assets following the transfer of $35 billion in defined benefit assets to TCorp in 2015. Davy-Whyte joins the board with a ...

Big data's big retirement benefits

DARREN SNYDER, STEPHEN FAY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... than were actually possible and sustainable. Also speaking at the conference, Schroders' global head of defined contribution and retirement, Lesley-Anne Morgan said the industry can do better than its generic answers to core retirement questions ...

Trustee services provider appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... will help Sargon achieve its ambitious mission to improve pension and investment outcomes in the world's 22 defined contribution pension systems, including superannuation in Australia." Sargon's Trustee Partners owns Tidswell Financial, the trustee ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... government in April 2017. The FPA wants the Government to give Australians a $1000 tax-free allowance from their defined contribution pension to redeem against the cost of regulated financial advice. It wants people of all ages to have access to this ...

FASEA consultation could sway retirement outcomes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... those savings later in life is a different paradigm. "There is no structure to the drawdown phase in our defined contribution model - flexibility is prioritised at the expense of risk management and income certainty and sustainability," the paper said. ...