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Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... books of businesses. It also sees an opportunity in helping the 400,000 Aussie expats working in UK transfer their UK pensions to back home. Healthy balance sheet Praemium's balance sheet holds $12.1 million in cash out of its $30 million total for assets. ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... pricing power (low inflation) and so on and so forth. Low inflation, in turn, provides no impetus for a lift and wages and pensions (indexed to inflation)... and so the unvirtuous cycle goes. No doubt, the RBA would again mention the strengthening labour ...

Tenders on the menu for UK pension schemes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... fees and investment performance." The regulations come as the consultation period closes for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) latest set of proposed changes, which would see pension trustees required to set out the extent to which they consider ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... well as other religious organisations, charities and the public sector. The vote is applicable to the Church of England Pensions Board, the Church Commissioners and the CBF Church of England Funds. A spokesperson for the church said the vote would allow ...

EU to offer cross-border pension scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... coming under pressure. Part of the answer lies in occupational and personal pension schemes complementing state-based pensions," the EU said. Bulgaria's minister for finance Vladislav Goranov said: "The pan-European pension product will bolster our ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... partnerships and strengthening existing relationships with institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, government pensions, and insurance companies in north and southeast Asia. Clapham will report to Scott Callander, who is Aviva Investors ...

Software provider wins European asset management mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... software provider said Sonata was a customer-centric digital platform, with the capability to support investment, wrap, pensions and life insurance products across multiple distribution channels. Bravura added the platform could streamline administration ...

Age Pension needs national objective: Actuary

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... argues the middle tier of income earners now receive lower value from the super system. "They do not receive full Age Pensions nor do they have the disposable income to build large retirement benefits," Rice said. The paper outlines the cost of continuing ...

Retirement income rules boost annuities: Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... a pre-determined date, knowing their deferred lifetime annuity will provide a reliable income from then on." Optimum Pensions chief executive David Orford was similarly supportive of the Government's changes to the retirement income framework. He said ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... from the Budget. Under Scott Morrison's proposed $259 million package, working baby boomers who also receive aged care pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. Further, about ...