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Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... also common in the US. Defined benefits (DB) meanwhile dominate the pension systems in Japan (96%), Canada (95%), the Netherlands (94%) and the UK (81%). Japan and Canada however, are now showing signs of a shift to DC, the report said. Urwin said DC ...

KPMG names insurance and wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... business models," he said. Maurice van den Heuval recently joined Thomas as a director of global strategy from KPMG Netherlands. He has more than 15 years' experience in management consulting, specialising in strategy and execution in the insurance s ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... of existing results, even sometimes including the use of any family history information at all. Meanwhile, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom do the same though only when policies are below certain limits. The paper shows that genetic ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... asset allocator in the world. It occupies the list with pension investors from the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and France. Canada's Alberta Investment Management Corp took the top position. New America said the top 25 list represents ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Australia. The nation's index value this year is 77.1, down from 77.9 in 2016 and 79.6 in 2015. Denmark (78.9) and the Netherlands (78.8) are the only two pension systems ranked higher than Australia in 2017. New entrants to the index, Norway and New ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital recently acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture ...

European $1bn asset manager enters Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... received a mandate to invest in the Australian market. Avignon Capital's key markets are property in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain; assets include retail real estate, hotels, offices and multi-let campuses. Its investors include family offices ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... Pension Fund Norway $893,088 3 Federal Retirement Thrift U.S. $485,575 4 National Pension South Korea $462,161 5 ABP Netherlands $404,310 6 National Social Security China $348,662 7 California Public Employees U.S. $306,633 8 Canada Pension Canada $235,790 ...

Asset managers held to higher standard: FSC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... added that the standard both follows in the footsteps of other jurisdictions including; US, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and Brazil, and beats it. Speaking to the practical implications for Australian asset managers, AllianceBernstein chief executive ...

Personal security concerns reach new high: Unisys

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... in Australia in 2006. Australia recorded the second largest increase of the 13 countries surveyed, behind only the Netherlands. "While the emerging markets of Philippines, Mexico, Malaysia, Brazil and Argentina recorded the highest index scores, the ...