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Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... "The staff, leadership and board have successfully implemented a path to full funding, which has restored retirement security to California's public educators. This has transformed CalSTRS into a sustainable organisation that will be here for teachers ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... pension funds across America, relies on global investments to generate a 7% return that is needed to provide retirement security to our members including firefighters, police officers, school employees, nurses, engineers and judges. We have a fiduciary ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Australia Damon Hambly said: "Australia's superannuation system is the envy of many other countries and provides retirement security for Australians, but the fact is that most balances are too low, particularly given our ageing population, which is why ...

Australian retirement outcomes among the best

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... alongside stability in health and material wellbeing. The study assesses 43 nations on factors Natixis said drove retirement security, with a final score indicative of the attractiveness of a nation's retirement environment. The score draws on 18 indicators ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... the outcomes they desire," Haran said. Introduced in 2013, the Global Retirement Index creates an overall retirement security score based on four factors that affect the lives of retirees. Finances in retirement are weighted most heavily, but the index ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Australia which said "there is an urgent need to boost the supply of affordable housing to provide greater retirement security for many Australians." In a submission to the federal government's Affordable Housing Working Group earlier this year, ISA ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... results managing director of Natixis in Australia, Kevin Haran said: "As one of the top-ranked nations for retirement security, Australia can be held up as an example of best practice, but the index also reveals that its score for material wellbeing ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... separate global survey by Willis Towers Watson interviewed more than 1000 Australian employees and 52% declared retirement security had become a bigger issue over the last two years. This survey highlights Australians' apprehension about the retirement ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... told the Senate inquiry into economic security of women in retirement that current settings do not deliver retirement security for most women, and provide twice the level of government support to men as women in the form of tax concessions. ISA deputy ...

Australian pre-retirees streets ahead of US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... just 254,809 superannuants aged 50-54, or just over 17%, had no savings. The US-based National Institute on Retirement Security reported in July that Americans in almost every state won't meet their financial needs in retirement. The group estimated ...