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International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... to the global community." CEPAR is collaborating with the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA), and Netspar at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), to launch INPARR. The research office of Willis Towers ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... scarcity; food security; and health care. With the help of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the City University of New York, UBS is helping PGGM hone its universe of 650-700 companies it believes are having a positive impact on the ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... or illness. The research conducted in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, surveyed more than 11,000 people in 11 countries to find out how aware people are of risk, why and how they seek to ...

EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Management, a director of Australian Life Insurance Group and is a member of the Finance Committee of Queens College (University of Melbourne) and a member of the Foundation Committee of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Previously he was managing director ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... through the association or continue your higher education through the graduate certificate in SMSF advice at the University of Adelaide or Kaplan Professional. And we're the only association that has an SMSF audit specialisation." George said the Association's ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... CalPERS, the State Board of Administration of Florida, that State of Wisconsin Investment Board, The Regents of the University of California, as well as Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme and Legal and ...

Fee and return disclosures influence retirement choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... returns-changing tests and consequently led to higher account balances," the working paper said. The researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney suggest a "smart" interactive disclosure where members could populate ...

New board members at Sunsuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... services to industrial relations. Harvey is currently the deputy vice chancellor, research and innovation at the University of Southern Queensland, vice president of the CCIQ and chair of CCIQ's investment committee. He is also a board member of the ...

New non-executive director for GBST

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... also serve as chair of the board's audit and risk management committee. Page holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, fellow of the Australian Institute of Company directors.

New study looks for retirement insights

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
New research being undertaken by Swinburne University of Technology hopes to uncover how women over 55 years of age experience retirement and how that experience differs to men. Conducted by Swinburne emeritus professor Susan Moore and University of ...