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Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... director, deputy chair and the chair during this time," Combet said. "IFM invests on behalf of industry super funds and global pension funds to benefit their members. This purpose makes IFM a distinct funds management business, one that aligns with my ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... income profile for retirees can be locked in now, market linking their asset base (up to a maximum return) with downside protection, until the income is turned on," Stewart said. AGILE is founded on a retirement solution that's tried and tested by Allianz ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... Global Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) forum, Ernst & Young global pension and retirement leader Josef Pilger said the US system's greatest advantage is its large scale. "It [the US defined contribution ...

Confidence in a 'comfortable' retirement nears lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... rising inflation. Investment Trends research director Dougal Guild commented: "In addition to relying on the government Age Pension, we are starting to see non-retirees making plans to reduce their spending and delay the start of their retirement in ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... retirement income reduces or even runs out?" The report settles that this may result in retirees falling back on the Age Pension, which is less than ASFA's comfortable standard of living. As an alternative, it prescribed investing in efficient and ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The volatility and fragility of US pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... complements the objectives in the Retirement Income Covenant as it can provide 20-30% higher income than an account-based pension. Since the number of pension units are guaranteed, lower investment performance does not see the loss of capital as occurs ...

How super should be using technology: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... engagement and gain a competitive edge in a low-cost way. Demonstrably, the world's largest retirement fund, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund has commissioned a study into Artificial Intelligence's capacity to select assets and choose investment ...

Retired Aussies deserve more: Household Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... that's important to know, she added. "That's also a dynamic period of time; at retirement 45% of people are on the Age Pension, but by the age of 80, around 80% of people are reliant on the pension because superannuation balances are not significant ...

Pension funds acquire forestry asset

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... producer in New Zealand. APG Asset Management on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have entered an agreement to purchase Sinotrans New Zealand's shareholding in Wenita Forest Products. Wenita is the ...