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WTW to launch dedicated private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... broader industry initiatives to better align the long-term investment needs of many end investors, including Defined Contribution (DC) pension savers. WTW added that it believes that private equity investments, which historically have offered a high ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... equites, 20% in alternatives and a 24.8% holding in fixed interest. Qantas Super is a hybrid defined benefit and defined contribution scheme. It has more than 26,000 members. Parent company Qantas estimates that it will pay $66 million of normal employer ...

New global retirement unit at T. Rowe Price

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... trillion fund manager said. The Global Retirement Strategy Team will be led by Michael Davis, currently head of defined contribution specialists in the Americas institutional business. Davis confirmed to Financial Standard that the global team will work ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... markets better accessible to private market managers. Opening the 401K pension plans in the US and the UK's defined contribution schemes are examples. In Australia, Haigh said private wealth advisers appear to be following the footsteps of institutional ...

Former JPMAM Australia head joins Nest

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... are exactly what we need to help us drive forward." On her appointment, Farrell said: "Having worked with defined contribution plans throughout my career, I've always been impressed by Nest and its highly diverse and sophisticated set of investments. ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... significant contributing factor highlighted by WTW is the shift from defined benefit (DB) pensions to smaller defined contribution (DC) plans. Further, the report revealed that in 2022 sovereign and public sector pension funds accounted for 152 funds ...

The evolution of governance structures

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... to members," she said. "It's that return and risk trade-off you need to always be aware of and, in the defined contribution world, the risks are actually borne by members." Kelly highlighted that Cbus initiated its internalisation process in 2017 ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... pension providers will commit around 5% of their default funds to unlisted equities by 2030. "I start with Defined Contribution pension schemes, which in the UK now invest under 1% in unlisted equity, compared to between 5% and 6% in Australia," he said. ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... the superannuation guarantee (SG) contribution rate scheduled to reach 12% in 2025. "Australia's unique defined contribution (DC) super system is arguably the best in the world," Fahy said. "At a time when most advanced economies are grappling with ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... markets has decreased from 50% to 42%, and bonds have dropped from 38% to 32%. Meanwhile, the study found that defined contribution (DC) is dominant in Australia and the US. However, the trend of defined benefit (DB) pensions giving way to DC plans has ...
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