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VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
VicSuper is now one of the world's top pension funds, sitting alongside 16 other Australian superannuation funds, according to Willis Towers Watson. The Global 300 research from WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... New South Wales, the super fund said in a statement. The consortium, which comprises Transurban, AustralianSuper, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Tawreed, made a successful 51% bid for WestConnex. The winning consortium will pay $9.26 billion ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... a Four Corners program aired on 26 March 2018, on the ABC. MSAL investigated how it communicated with Mercer Allocated Pension Division members when the new pricing structure was introduced. In 2016, the trustee of First State Superannuation Scheme acquired ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
UBS Asset Management's latest pension fund indicator report highlights the propensity of Australian superannuation funds to invest a substantial portion of retirement savings in "risker" assets such as equities. According to the report, the asset ...

SMSFs too conservative: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... proportion of the sector by both member accounts and funds under management compared to not-for-profit and retail funds, are in pension phase. Rainmaker said this is not a sufficient explanation because performance benchmarks regularly achieved by NFP ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... challenge in successfully launching cross-border products. In terms of product distribution, institutional defined benefit pension schemes are the main target segments for 90% of asset managers. "Whether it is alternative investments, UCITS or cross-border ...

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Want a massive pay rise? An immediate 3464% (no typos there, it's a three thousand four hundred and sixty four percent) bump up in your wages? Pack your bags and move to Venezuela! You'll have to thank Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Government intends to bring it in line with the overall framework by providing income to substitute or supplement the Age Pension. "Treasury is on a mission and you need to be listening," he said. SSGA has been working on CIPR equivalents in the UK and ...

Industry fund contract under works at Link

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... already from client wins in 2018, buoyed by Link Asset Services (LAS). New client wins for the year have included the Wales Pension Partnership (LGPS pooling). It expects LAS integration benefits to start flowing from FY19. "Steps are being already being ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... wasn't the case," he said. SUSI's four existing funds are now closed, with about 65 institutional investors across pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. The SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II, where European Investment Bank has a ...