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Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... President Joe Biden, which directs the federal government to "identify and assess policies to protect the life savings and pensions of America's workers and families from the threats of climate-related financial risk." "The rule announced today will ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... comes to the less frequent pricing of private assets, for certain kinds of investors, such as defined benefit plans, pensions, or institutional investors, this is a feature of private markets, this is not a bug. Some investors like that private markets ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... to be considered. "Mercer estimates that the tax concessions on a single $10 million SMSF could support 3.1 full Age Pensions," he said. He commented that multiple industry voices are backing the debate including former senior treasury official Mike ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... fulfilled and comfortable life." Further, in another report titled ' You'll live longer than you think ', Optimum Pensions managing director David Orford added new retirement product innovation in Australia means retirees can look to the ...

Separation of ANZ P&I business completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Several years in the making, Insignia Financial has finally completed the separation of the pensions and investments business, in a first of its kind move. This is the first time a superannuation business has been separated from a big four bank, with ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... platforms Edwina Maloney explained that financial advisers have typically had the problem of only having account-based pensions at their disposal, not enabling them to manage longevity risk. Alternatively, while traditional lifetime annuities pay a fixed ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says adjustments must be made to account for the shortfall, which means changing contribution rates or benefit ...

Time to throw out the antiquated lifetime annuity mindset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... of strong legislative tailwinds that will arise because of the government's intent to ensure money from account-based pensions is being fully utilised. Financial Standard is an official media partner of the AFA Thrive Conference 2022.

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... longevity revolution will tax their income plans. For institutions, rapidly ageing populations will test the limits of both pensions and government benefits systems. "Getting retirement security right and helping to ensure individuals can live with dignity ...

SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
The SMSF Association is urging Canberra to address legacy pensions and extend the temporary absence rule for non-residents in its first budget. In the Associations submissions, chief executive John Maroney highlighted several key measures that remain ...