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Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... with expert knowledge on aged care advice. "The challenge is to identify which products can help optimise the government pension and reduce fees at the same time," head of the division Brendan Burwood said. Recent estimates show that the cost of aged ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... number of retirees and can have a dramatic impact on GDP growth. "The worldwide aging trend, coupled with higher government pension costs, will put significant pressure on public finances that are already facing demands for austerity," said Matthew Richards ...

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... many retirees use their lump sum payouts to pay off existing debt, and then subsequently elect to receive a government pension. Megan Bolton, CEO of SMARTpension, said the study highlights the need to focus on more than just the accumulation phase of ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... the last decade. Japan has the second-largest market share of over 17% (18% in 2010), largely because of the Government Pension Investment Fund. The Netherlands has the third-largest market share with over 6%, while the UK and Canada are fourth and fifth ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... total assets of US$625 billion, funded by the export of hydrocarbons since 1976. Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. Globally, sovereign ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Avon Pension Fund, with assets as at March 2009 of $2.96 billion. The mandate requires management of an ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... with 16 per cent, Mexican and Danish funds with 10 per cent, and Dutch funds, which grew 8 per cent. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund retains its status the largest pension fund in the world, a position it has occupied for the last seven years ...

Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... mandates, according to the tender. The London Borough of Redbridge Pension Fund is part of the overall Local Government Pension Scheme in the UK. With 3.5 million members, the Local Government Pension Scheme is one of the largest public sector pension ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...

PGI global strategy wins $500m mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Principal Global Investors' Global Growth Equity has picked up a $500 million mandate from the Japanese government pension fund. John Pihlblad, portfolio manager of the strategy, said more than $4 billion is managed on behalf of clients outside the ...