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HESTA moves risk chief to advisory role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... while conducting a global hunt for Major's permanent replacement. As an actuary who has worked extensively in the pension and insurance areas globally, Tagwira brings extensive experience in financial services with a strong background in leadership ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... of the actual return of the super fund. At retirement, members can transfer a portion of their super to an AMP Lifetime Pension, which is designed to provide income for life, alongside an AMP Allocated Pension. AMP said that Centrelink assesses Age Pension ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Benefit payments climbed to $127.5 billion over the year as a result of lump sum payments increasing to $70 billion and pension payments rising to $57.6 billion. Separately, over the year to March 31, the best-performing default investment options were ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... called into question by the class action are: SignatureSuper Corporate SignatureSuper Personal SignatureSuper Allocation Pension/Term Pension SignatureSuper Select CustomSuper Employer SuperLeader AMP Flexible Lifetime - Super AMP Flexible Lifetime - ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Future Fund has acquired a 10% stake in energy transmission operator Transgrid from $155.5 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS. OMERS will retain a 10% stake in Transgrid, which it first invested in five years ago, and manage the Future Fund's stake ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... fee structures in market. " The MLC Expand platform also supports the IOOF Employer Super, IOOF Personal Super and IOOF Pension products, reducing fees for around 80,000 clients.

Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
After taking a 10% stake in the investment giant, UK pension fund Nest will seed a new infrastructure debt fund from IFM Investors. Last month, Nest officially became IFM Investors' first international owner, now sitting alongside the existing 15 industry ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... are ultimately demanding returns, both performance and dividends. With an ageing population, right now the super fund pension bill is circa $50 billion per year; by the end of 2030 that'll have increased to $120 billion a year," he cited. "Superannuants ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... be paying." Bragg claimed there was a "howling conflict of interest" in having the Treasurer set the Prime Minister's pension arrangements and called for Chalmers to include the detail of the Prime Minister's scheme and calculation methodology in the ...