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IOOF awards $23bn passive mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... manager following Vanguard's decision to stop managing passive strategies for other institutions. Having acquired ANZ's pensions and investments business last year, IOOF found itself in need of a new manager for the OneAnswer suite of index funds. These ...

Global institute launches free expat advice resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... and the careers of some of the most successful Australians often takes them overseas where they accrue foreign assets, pensions and employee benefits. International and cross-border financial planning might sound challenging to some advisers who don't ...

Generation Life awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... accounting and reporting. The package includes a tax-reporting functionality. Generation Life partnered with Optimum Pensions in January for a five-year exclusive agreement to manufacture, administer and distribute its retirement income product. Most ...

ClearView appoints head of life strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... recently Zurich Financial Services' head of mental health and wellness. She held the same role at ANZ/OnePath before its pensions and investments business was acquired by Zurich. In her new role at ClearView, Falas will report to ClearView general ...

Outflows continue at IOOF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... quarter with $203.9 billion in funds under management and administration, after significant outflows from advice and pensions business. The March end FUM was $1.5 billion higher than the previous quarter, and primarily driven by a $5.4 billion uplift ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... said. Already, some "smart thinkers" are putting together products that cover insurance, annuities and market-linked pensions, that will help retirees smooth consumption between their working and retirement life, Hume added.

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Pensions for Purpose eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... Melbourne third-party distributor AFM Investment Partners. AFM's founder and managing director John Donovan will join Pensions for Purpose's board as a director. He will work on expanding membership among Australian superannuation funds. "With two Australian ...

Why advisers don't recommend annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Financial Synergy managing director David Orford. Orford has since set up a retirement income product provider Optimum Pensions, which this month signed a distribution deal with ASX-listed Generation Life. The final report from the Retirement Income ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... investors representing US$33 trillion. Scottish Widows, New York State Common Retirement Fund, the Church of England Pensions Board, PensionDanmark, AP2, Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees, Nest Corporation, AXA Investment Managers, DWS, Aberdeen ...