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Australians retiring later than global peers: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, and Luxembourg. The Netherlands was ranked sixth, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Denmark. Further, Australia improved, or remained steady, across four categories, including finances in retirement, health ...

Danish pension fund hands $500m to QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
QIC has entered a strategic partnership with one of Denmark's largest pension funds to provide exposure to European private equity investments. The initial $500 million mandate from PenSam will be invested over three years through both co-investments ...

PensionDanmark chief executive to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
Torben Möger Pedersen, the pension fund's first employee and chief executive, will step down from the role after more than 30 years. Pedersen joined PensionDanmark when the organisation was established in 1992. Beforehand, he served as chief executive ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... another level, he added. Jones highlighted that superannuation fund representatives from various countries, like Canada, Denmark, and Singapore, are actively seeking to invest in Australia's infrastructure, housing, commercial property, and healthcare ...

Saxo launches managed portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... the Netherlands, Belgium, and Singapore and is looking for the prime opportunity to eventually launch in Australia and Denmark. Saxo Australia chief executive Adam Smith commented that in recent years the appetite for alternative wealth strategies has ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... retirement systems around the world, measuring them on adequacy, sustainability, and integrity. Iceland, Netherlands, and Denmark received the top marks, followed by Israel and Finland. Overall, Australia scored 76.8 out of a possible 100. It scored ...

Integrity Life appoints chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... officer. Ashish Khurana steps into the position, joining after four years as chief technology officer with Saxo Bank in Denmark. Prior to joining Saxo, Khurana held several executive positions with Westpac and Macquarie Group. "I'm delighted to welcome ...

Macquarie AM, Mirova seal distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... Microsoft, Mastercard, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher Corp, with most of the fund's holdings in the US, followed by Denmark and Germany. Since its inception in 2016, the fund has seen an average total calendar year return of 14.19% versus the benchmark's ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... South Africa. But news that Omicron has already been detected in Hong Kong, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, the UK, Israel and Australia (to date) suggest that international borders would be closed to these "infected" countries as ...

Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... Global Pension Index ranked Australia fourth out of 39 countries in its annual study, trailing behind the Netherlands and Denmark, which received high distinctions, and Israel, which placed third. Australia's score decreased from 75.3 in 2019 to ...