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NAB Prosper launches next month

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... and immediately warn them to call our phone-based team." "If they feed in a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or a defined benefit fund, obviously those have a much greater deal of complexity and the tool says it will not be giving advice around those scenarios," ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... "Helping consumers' achieve their financial goals will require leaving behind the paternalistic approach of the defined benefit system and taking a complete view of their financial needs," Pallisco said. The survey also showed a gap between the views ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... more than US$15 trillion. Ten years ago total assets at the world's largest pension funds were US$8.4 trillion. Defined benefit (DB) funds account for 67% of total assets among the world's top pension funds, down from 75% five years ago. During 2014 ...

Investing is like a game of tennis

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... funds are still in their infancy but are generating a lot of interest. He added target income funds run like a defined benefit fund in that there is a liability benchmark. "Again these funds are in their infancy and hold a lot of promise," Rajan said ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... Actuaries Institute said access to some form of insurance or longevity pooling, similar to what exists in many defined benefit products, would assist retirees to sustain adequate incomes for their lengthening lifetimes. The challenge, it said, is in ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... February, is the cloudy relationship between the trustee and the entity holding the risk. While there are few defined benefit funds left in Australia, it may have relevance to investors in this country. Rainmaker reports there is $312.7 billion in funds ...

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... because it could deal with "some the most complex [super] systems in Australia" including the NSW state government defined benefit scheme. "It is a deliberate preparation for a 21st century way of administering and processing. This business transformation ...

Industry fund competes directly with advice networks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... well-educated and we have privileged access which enables us to design products and solutions - such as our open Defined Benefit Division - specifically for our members," he said, adding: "This makes access to quality, professional advice that demonstrates ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... memberships." Scullin said the government will conduct an open tender process to secure a provider to administer the RBF defined benefit schemes. "This is great news for members, staff and Tasmania," says Tasplan chair, Naomi Edwards. "The fund will ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... to examine "ways for Queenslanders to invest in Queensland." "This due diligence work may include enabling the defined benefit scheme to invest in growing Queensland infrastructure through our energy GOCs [government-owned corporations]," he continued. ...