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Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Superannuation schemes. In recent years, the body has predominantly advocated for changing the means by which CSS and PSS pensions are fairly indexed to ensure they matched the cost of living index. The pensions also remain taxable despite super income ...

Passing Protecting Your Super costs should be fair: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... the 3% per annum fee cap for balances less than $6000 applies at the product level. Many industry stakeholders asked if pensions, paid-up whole of life and endowment products are also subject to the fee cap. APRA confirmed all products that are not defined ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Asset Management, Westpac/BT Funds management, AMP Capital International, Australian Ethical, HESTA, Church of England Pensions Board, Media Super, Mercer Global and VicSuper have since joined the cause - amongst many more.

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... for the fourth consecutive year. After analysing the mortality of UK retirees on defined benefit plans, the KPMG 2019 Pensions Accounting Survey found median life expectancy has fallen by 0.2 years for current pensioners and 0.1 years for future pensioners. ...

ANZ provides update on wealth sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
ANZ provided an update on its contractual arrangements with IOOF in relation to the sale of its OnePath Pensions and Investments business. The coupon rate ANZ pays on the debt note subscribed by IOOF reduced from 14.4% per annum to 2% per annum as of ...

Pension fund giant cuts BHP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... the targets in the Paris Agreement." KLP is based in Oslo and is owned by the members of the public sector occupational pensions.

ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... come from selling Asian retail services, the sale of its life insurance business to Zurich, completing the sale of its pensions and investments business to IOOF, reducing product offering and restructuring the workforce. The spokesperson commented the ...

HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... trillion in funds under management. In total, 44 funds have joined the movement globally - including the Church of England Pensions Board, West Yorkshire Pensions Fund and Swedish national pensions funds AP1-4. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said ...

Super tax strategies a hot topic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... conditions for accessing super early; finding out how to access super at preservation age; how transition to retirement pensions work; and paying super death benefits. AMP technical strategy manager John Perri said: "We've seen an increased focus on ...

Frydenberg makes big promises for small business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Australia's needs will be unchanged. "This is despite the increasing cost to support our ageing population with healthcare and pensions in retirement and the contribution young skilled migrants make to meeting those costs." Additionally to this, the ...