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Singapore mega-fund IC tender due

... Provident fund's board is calling for investment consultancy firms to tender for the service of providing consultancy under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). The mega-fund, which has more than $100 billion in member account balance is looking for a ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... official lever Australia uses to slow down an overheating economy is raising interest rates, in Singapore they sometimes use the CPF contribution rates. Contribution rates being up to 36 per cent of wages means changes these rates are likely to have ...

Sg CPF increases min member limits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
The A$96 billion Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) has increased the minimum sum (MS) that retirees must leave in the scheme to fund their pension. The new MS is now A$130,000, up 5 per cent, which the CPF said should be sufficient to ensure that ...

Singapore CPF contribs now 34.5 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Singapore Government has raised the contribution rates for the Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) by 1.5 per cent to near its maximum limit of 36 per cent of total wages. A statement released by the CPF said, "With the economy doing well, it ...

More global, more professional: FPSB

... New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Malaysia among others. He said the standardisation of the CPF program in these countries is not just for the benefits of planners but for their clients. "We're coming from an era where ...

S&P says CPF ratings unaffected by sale of centres

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2003
... of the fund's 50% share in three regional shopping centres to its joint venture partner, Westfield Trust for $A610 million. CPF is rated A-minus/stable/A1 while Westfield Trust is rated A/stable/A1. The sale is in line with CPF's strategy to realise ...

Challenger and CPH tie the knot, Cuffe in as CEO

... $1.25 million payout. Jim Service and Brenda Shanahan, currently non-executive directors of Challenger, will join the board of CPF Management on the effective date of the merger. In addition, Colin Bell will retire from the Challenger board on that d ...
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