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Equip to manage AustSuper's defined benefit schemes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
AustralianSuper will transfer its defined benefit plans and members to Equip during 2015 as part of a new partnership aimed at creating long-term growth opportunities for both funds. The fund's defined benefit schemes represent around 2000 members ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... into its own infrastructure sector is considered to be a major reason why international buyers such as Canadian defined benefit pension funds are moving into the sector and crowding out some local investors.

Why are bonds no longer a safe haven?

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... for yield, additional demand for bonds has put even more downward pressure on yields." McNaughton said that as defined benefit plans consolidate they were also demanding more bonds, placing further pressure on the asset class. The issue was further complicated ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... meanwhile, of the value of group self-annuitisation(GSA) - a form of longevity risk pooling that has no guaranteed defined benefit and therefore can be provided by super funds or groups of super funds rather than life companies like Challenger. Challenger ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... break his promise." He said the policy was an attack on ordinary people while politicians draw on their generous defined benefit pensions. The government has not yet said how it intends to use its new powers, should the legislation pass the Senate. The ...

Telstra offers incentives to switch DB members to accumulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Telstra has asked for volunteers from its approximately 6,100 employees who are on defined benefit pensions to switch to Telstra Super's accumulation division. "Telstra Super is well positioned to provide the information, education and advice that is ...

SAS Trustee renews Pillar admin contract

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
SAS Trustee Corporation (STC) has awarded Pillar another five year contract to provide administration services, including support for their complex defined benefits schemes. STC has some of the largest defined benefits schemes in Australia and the fifth ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... estimated at $26 billion. Australian infrastructure assets are considered highly attractive to Canada's public sector defined benefit pension funds. Australian pension funds which already have an estimated $80 billion invested into infrastructure are ...

Jeremy Cooper: Rethinking retirement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... proposition we're putting is, if you're not a former politician and you haven't got a big fat inflation-adjusted defined benefit pension, you need something else to cover off on longevity and inflation. You need that stable income. And that's where the ...