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Class Super launches browser-based platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... direct-connect data feeds, Actuarial Certificate integration, automatic property valuations, and support for bulk transactions, pensions, activity statements, tax lodgements directly to the ATO and client access," he said. Work began on the platform ...

Van Eyk expands research team

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... research team that services financial advisers. Murray Asken has joined van Eyk from UK-based fund manager Broadstone Pensions & Investments, where he advised institutional, wholesale and retail investors. Prior to that, Asken was a portfolio analyst ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military pensions. The bill then passed the Democrat controlled Senate 67 to 31 despite efforts by the Tea Party aligned GOP Senator Ted Cruz ...

Bravura to administer TAL super software

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
TAL has selected Bravura Solutions Sonata software to administer its superannuation, pensions and investment business. David Gillespie, Chief Information Officer, TAL said: "We selected Sonata as it provides a single, unified platform built in modern ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... grown faster than any other pension fund pool in the world over the last 10 years, according to Towers Watson's Global Pensions Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown by 14% a year since the end of 2003, ahead of Brazil's ...

Lifecycle the future of pensions globally: Mercer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Lifecycle strategies are the future of both retail and industry superannuation, despite the latter so far favouring the static strategic asset allocation (SAA) for their MySuper options, according to Mercer senior partner Graeme Mather. Researched released ...

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... contributions of around $26 billion. SPAA's Graeme Colley said the majority of these payments - 72% - were account-based pensions. "In 2008, all pension payments totalled 64%. But by 2012 this figure had grown to 72%, with the average benefit payment ...

AMP names new division leadership teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Pension uncertainty for municipal workers in Detroit

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
Municipal workers in Detroit may face losing their pensions as the city copes with its $18 billion debt crisis. According to Bloomberg News a federal judge has ruled that Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, may cut police ...

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... stewardship principles across our global investment business." The issue of responsible investment is gathering momentum in the pensions and investments world and is particularly pertinent in Australia where the pool of pension assets is growing increasingly ...