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BTIM appoints new portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... model portfolios and risk research at TCorp. He was responsible for the management of more than $40 billion in defined benefit and insurance multi-asset portfolios. He has also previously held roles with State Super, AMP Capital, Mercer and CSIRO. Speaking ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... over 48% of global pensions assets compared to 41% in 2006, resultant of a growth rate of 5.6% over the decade - defined benefit assets grew 2.6%. The study also identified a fall in allocations to equities and bonds over the past 20 years which was ...

Defining DB for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
... technical consultant Tim Howard, the team saw a growing interest in the area throughout the December quarter. "As defined benefit pensions generally have no lump sum equivalent, we're seeing growing interest around how they will be treated and particularly ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... insurance and superannuation arms, allowing for the simplification and consolidation of the super business. 5. Defined benefit deficit at $182bn Total defined benefit (DB) super liabilities across Australia stood at $340 billion, according to APRA figures ...

Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... Berejiklian said Mercer has a strong track record in superannuation administration services with expertise in defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid administration. She understands Mercer intends to create a Centre of Excellence Hub in the ...

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... particularly around the retirement phase. Confirming UniSuper's uniqueness is that it is Australia's only remaining open defined benefit super fund." UniSuper won the MySuper Product of the Year for standout investment performance over the short, medium ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning future liability for unfunded defined benefit superannuation payments to Commonwealth public servants, currently estimated at $200 billion. "[It] was established in 2006 ...

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... superannuation contributions tax payments into an estate; and Applies commensurate treatment for these measures to defined benefit schemes and constitutionally protected funds. Morrison said material on the remaining super measures will follow in coming ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record. According to data from Mercer, the accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes for FTSE 350 companies stood at £189 billion ($330 billion) on August 31, compared to £139 billion ($243 ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... are not a lot of [aviation] employers in Australia," Clancy says. "Many Qantas Super members are still in the defined benefit scheme so what we have is a membership where many people will have healthy superannuation balances by the time they approach ...