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Super funds embrace derivatives to meet retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... derivative strategies to address the dynamics of the pension phase for members. Armitage also warned insurers and defined benefit funds are facing similar asset-liability challenges. Funds using downside protection strategies in the pension phase are ...

Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... management and income sustainability. "This is the source of our current 'growing pains'. We are trying to bolt a more defined benefit-like (DB) solution onto our defined contribution (DC) system, while maintaining choice and flexibility," he added. ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Investment Conference that in many ways, the medieval Catholic church wasn't unlike the philosophy underpinning defined benefit schemes: "buy plenary indulgences from us and we'll run things for you." By contrast, Martin Luther's 95 Theses - which McFarlane ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... funds within the top 300 ranking (134), followed by the U.K. (26), Canada (18), Japan and Australia (both 16). Defined benefit (DB) assets increased by 5.6% in 2016, compared to 9.6% for Defined Contribution (DC) plans, 3.9% for reserve funds and an ...

Queensland DB super liabilities tipped to fall 18pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... superannuation liability is expected to fall $7 billion over the next five years, and this is despite the state's defined benefit scheme surplus being partially repatriated. The figures were published in the Queensland Government budget papers, released ...

Victorian DB liabilities hit $44bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... superannuation liabilities fueled by a positive revaluation of investment expectations and a slight fall in its defined benefit obligations. Victoria's total defined benefit superannuation obligations, through its association and support of the Emergency ...

Russell Investments secures $1.9bn mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... Investments has been appointed by the Tasmanian Public Sector Superannuation Commission to manage $1.9 billion in defined benefit assets. Under the agreement, Russell will act as implemented investment consultant for the commission, assisting them in ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... beneficial for Japan's corporate pensions, public pensions and financial institutions that are almost all designed as defined benefit schemes. Likewise, infrastructure debt is likely to benefit as the appetite for alternatives continues to rise; in 2009 ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... similarly it will not be possible to elect a pension payment to be taxed as a lump sum withdrawal; and Certain defined benefit funds can elect out of offering personal deductible contributions to their members. One item that did not pass into law, Breckon ...

UK pension regulator puts responsible investing centre stage

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The UK pension regulator has outlined new investment guidance for trustees of defined benefit schemes and said attention needs to be given to environmental, social and governance factors. "Trustees need to take environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...