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UBS and Genworth tap income-for-life market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
UBS Global Asset Management has teamed up with Genworth Financial to embark on a new venture catering to the employer-sponsored retirement plan segment in the US. UBS and retirement income solutions provider Genworth recently announced its agreement ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Fund size, a well-defined management structure and a flexible investment portfolio are the key ingredients of an "optimal" super fund, according to a leading expert in global pension management. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
US-based investment manager First Quadrant has launched Global Macro Trust, which aims to generate returns for institutional investors regardless of market direction. Max Darnell, chief investment officer at First Quadrant, said the global macro return ...

Vanguard indexes pension

Vanguard Investments Australia has launched Personal Pension Plan, a new product that relies on the long-term benefits and low costs of index investing to drive retirement savings. All of the investment options under the new product will follow an index ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... government studies the issue further. Nobrega said that the Pension Benefits Act had failed to keep up with changes in pension plan governance and investment practices among the leading defined benefit pension plans. "A gap has opened up between legislative ...

VFMC infrastructure fund takes flight

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... cent stake in Birmingham International Airport. The A$1 billion purchase, in partnership with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, who purchased 28.65 per cent, is the VFMC's first direct overseas infrastructure investment, but will not be the last, according ...

BT cuts wrap prices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... investors who link their accounts. For example, a typical BT SuperWrap investor with a $200,000 super plan and a $300,000 pension plan would see cost savings of around 10 per cent on their annual account keeping fees." All BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap investors ...

Gap between DB and DC pension payouts widens

A new study has found that members of defined contribution (DC) pension plans in the UK are likely to receive 42 per cent less than their counterparts with defined benefits (DB) schemes. The findings were from the annual Fidelity Retirement Index released ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Canadian and Australian pension funds have a lot in common as the good performance run of Canadian pension funds is continuing to be driven by both domestic and international equities. "Since hitting their low-point in March of 2003, [Canadian] pensions ...