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UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... world. In response, the industry argued that Australian super funds provide a wider range of benefits than most pension funds globally - and anyway, MySuper hadn't had a chance to work its magic yet. The question of whether MySuper was bringing down ...

Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... implemented, this policy would bring Australian superannuation funds out of step with the standard structure of workplace pension funds globally, which generally operate under an equal representation model. While the report acknowledged this fact, it ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... was auctioned off there was a huge outcry because the Canadians came in and paid far too much, as far as the local pension funds were concerned. "They thought they had a pretty good shot, they understood the asset, they thought the government would be ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... infrastructure sector is considered to be a major reason why international buyers such as Canadian defined benefit pension funds are moving into the sector and crowding out some local investors.

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has said that over-investment by banks and pension funds in carbon-exposed industries could lead to a global financial crisis that dwarfs the 2008 crash. Hewson was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Asset ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... retirement income for all Australians." He also said trust and transparency will become increasingly important as pension funds become increasingly accountable to consumers. "The tides of accountability for ensuring financial security in retirement are ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... are serious, what are they doing about it? In September, a group representing 348 of the world's largest banks, pension funds and fund managers went to New York to deliver a statement to the United Nations Climate Summit. The statement called for carbon ...