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Year-long delay for super merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... prepping members for potential future delays from COVID-19. The IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan in February 2019 announced plans to transition to Sunsuper via a successor fund transfer in in November 2019, to get better scale benefits. In October 2019 ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... any federal financial assistance should come with prerequisites focused on pension system reform. "Defined contribution plans, cost of living reforms and increased retirement ages are all part of the reform suite the federal government should require. ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... including ASX-listed Australian Ethical, is urging governments to pay heed to climate science in their COVID-19 recovery plans. UN Global Compact includes 155 companies that employ over five million people and have a combined market cap of $3.7 trillion. ...

Platform to shine light on structured products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... said. "To our knowledge, Stropro is the first to offer this kind of solution in Australia." The firm's solution - which it plans to plug into major wrap platforms to further improve structured product transparency - has impressed technology giant Microsoft ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Australian platform provider has inked a deal to be administration partner of Qualis Capital. The firm is new on the scene, and plans to roll out a menu of 50 real estate, private equity, private credit and hedge funds to investors. A further 50 funds ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... to the COVID-19 pandemic, they will need to find a balance between their immediate workforce needs with their long term plans for the future, Hall said. "WorkVue delivers strong modeling capability to help companies rethink their workforce and create ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... underpinning ESG investing are not about to change, according to a global asset manager. Having destroyed the best laid plans of investors the world over, investment managers are asking how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact ESG investing, which continues ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... country the applications are not outside expectations. "BT has a diverse membership, with individual members and employer plans sourced from across the economy," Howes said. "This is an extremely difficult time for many Australians as the impacts of ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... points to research by BCG's Henderson Institute that suggests only 20-30% of 300 companies surveyed are putting in place plans to re-imagine their business. Further, the second most significant success factor for transformation is to build it as an ongoing ...