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British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... liberal MP claimed during the debate. A conservative MP who sits on the board of trustees for the parliamentary pension scheme said the trustees had met with advisers and green asset managers but faced many challenges. "The most innovative green energy ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... anticipating a "lost decade" of life expectancy improvements between 2009 and 2019. Mortality assumptions remain key for pension schemes, KPMG said, as continuing research and new approaches to scheme-specific mortality studies allow companies to better ...

Pension fund acquires telco

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The Universities Superannuation Scheme, a UK pension scheme with over £50 billion under management, is acquiring a large telecommunications company. KCOM has agreed to a £504 million cash takeover that would see the Universities Superannuation Scheme ...

Ageing population poses budget threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... Disability Insurance Scheme, Commonwealth funding for schools and hospitals, Family Tax Benefit or the Disability Support Pension - all of which are amongst the top ten spending programs in the Commonwealth budget." As Australia's largest generational ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... in addition to the tax concessions, to boost retirement saving potential and in turn, reduce future pressure on the age pension and support better financial futures for all Australians." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees were more critical ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The UK has green flagged a new type of pension scheme on the back of union demand, joining Denmark and Netherlands which use a similar system. The new collective defined contribution (CDC) will allow employers to pool together group contributions while ...

Amendments to retirement income law assent

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... assessment of lifetime income streams is fair and reflects the value of the products. The amendments also expands access to the Pension Loans Schemes and increases the Work Bonus to $300 per fortnight, an also extends the Work Bonus to include income ...

State government awards super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... willingness to double Territory-based staff to four employees to service members directly, it said. NTGPASS has account-based pension products that closed to new members in April 2014. AustralianSuper has been managing these products since 31 January ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... namely former public servants in receipt of a Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme or Public Sector Superannuation Scheme pension. The two pension schemes were closed to new members in the early 1990s, and many of the association's 6000-plus members ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Pension funds and asset managers are among those who could create $20 trillion in new wealth if the world economy transitions to zero carbon and zero waste policies, according to new research. Professor Martina Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's ...