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Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... abysmal returns. Cooper said under current product designs we expect individuals to operate as if they their own defined benefit fund or insurer responsible for not just market risk and inflation but longevity risk. It leads to the situation that retirees ...

AvSuper awards double alternatives mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
AvSuper is poised to deliver two $20 million investment mandates to managers for its growth alternatives portfolio and has appointed a new investment officer. The fund is in the process of mandating Coller Capital and Siguler Guff to invest in private ...

REST Acumen attracts Global Fortune 500 company

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... against other potential providers, with AkzoNobel eventually selecting REST for its flexible offering, complex defined benefit schemes and good cultural fit. "In the corporate space it is about the alignment between what the individual companies are ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... suggested that the defined contributions system puts too much risk at the member's feet. "If you look at more defined benefit schemes in other countries, that volatility might be going on every week but the member doesn't have it shoved in their face ...

Vision Super remains hopeful on Equip merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... between the two super funds held serious financial ramifications for members because the bulk of its assets are in a defined benefit fund that has already come under pressure as members retire. "The assets of the Defined Benefit Plan represent a third ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... replicate in order for them to come into Media Super." "We'd have clearing houses, telephone financial advice, a defined benefit capability - those sort of things which we would require to tempt a corporate fund to come on board." But while Media Super ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Dutch pension system will soon introduce a new pension contract that would tackle the dual challenges of longevity risk and an ageing population. The Netherlands has a mandatory pension system based on generous defined benefits but an ageing population ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... for sovereign annuities earlier this week, which could be used by under-funded Irish pension funds to meet their defined benefit liabilities. After extensive consultation with the industry, Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) will begin ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... it effectively shifts away from an almost fully funded system based on defined contributions, to an unfunded, defined benefit retirement scheme.

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Indians' retirements are adequately funded. In 2004, the pension system for government employees shifted from "defined benefit" to "defined contribution" with the launch of the New Pension Scheme (NPS). In 2009, the NPS was opened up to the public, not ...