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Super fund gets ahead of CIPR obscurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... economic and social unrest evident in parts of Europe who have long struggled to grapple with unsustainable publicly funded pensions," Retirement Income Review Modelling Fiscal Results report said.

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... have on their members' investments, becoming the first major economy to do so. Speaking last week, the UK's work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey proposed legislation that would require occupational pension scheme trustees to consider the long-term ...

Challenger launches new lifetime annuity

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... certainty, particularly given current global market volatility and can be combined with other products, such as account-based pensions to build comprehensive retirement solutions." The product runs of the entire life time of the annuity buyer, and has ...

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... lessening of competition and therefore could lead to UK consumers who rely on investment platforms to administer their pensions and other investments facing higher costs and lower quality services. The limited competition would be with only one other ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... they'll be retiring into?" A recent survey conducted by YouGov found 38% of pension savers in the UK didn't know their pensions are invested in stocks and shares, with NEST saying this suggests pension schemes have a responsibility to put the ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

Industry fund lowers fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... miners has lowered investment and administration fees on pension products effective July 1. Mine Super's account-based pensions lowered the investment fees on four premixed options: aggressive (0.45% to 0.37%), growth (0.40% to 0.37%), balanced (0.35% ...

Industry funds team up in longevity search

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Frontier Advisors to probe new longevity risk products for retiree members, which could include tweaking account-based pensions. The working group, which was put together late last year, is expected to present its first findings later this month. It ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... intervention may be required - just like the introduction of the Superannuation Guarantee, MySuper and even Account Based Pensions," Asher said in the recently-published dialogue paper titled: Developing the Retirement Income Framework. "While not likely ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... Pension should drop to 2.6% of GDP over the period to 2054-55, ASFA predicts. In contrast, OECD expenditure on public pensions averages 8.8% of GDP and is expected to increase to 9.4% in the next 30 years. ASFA argued that raising the SG to 12% will ...