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Tim Unger quits Willis Towers Watson

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... advocates incorporating ESG principles into investment strategies and frameworks. Earlier in his career, he worked as a pensions actuary at Old Mutual and a quantitative analyst at ING Barings. The article first appeared in Industry Moves.

Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... the end of this year or before June 2024. About 75% of TelstraSuper's retirement income on offer are account-based pensions. The remaining 25%, which are group annuities, will see the super fund issue its own lifetime income stream that will be insured ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... members living in Victoria, with Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham saying reducing the risk of future pensions is critical in the current inflationary environment. According to APRA, Aware Super has about 5800 total defined benefit members ...

Acting retirement lead appointed at Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... 20 years of experience in financial advice. The fund said his depth of experience and knowledge in superannuation and pensions includes administration, customer service and advice. ART said the appointments are effective immediately. "Bringing our full ...

Federated Hermes secures $486m for private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... million. PEC V funds were raised from established investors in the private equity co-investment series, including Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) and Hostplus. Moreover, the fund expanded its investor base, attracting new participants like ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... reforms, pension schemes which are not achieving the best possible outcome for their members will face being wound up by the Pensions Regulator. "We will also set out a roadmap to encourage Collective DC funds, a new type of pension fund which we believe ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... super funds currently offer intra-fund advice. Trustees without a licence to provide personal advice can include lifetime pensions in their own superannuation calculators and interactive retirement estimates. They do however have to take care not to ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... understood by taking a system-wide perspective," it said. Working closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Pensions Regulator, the BoE will bring together data and information from various parts of the financial system to develop system-wide ...

Generation Life rolls out product enhancements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... design plans that address unique needs," he said. Meanwhile, according to Clarke, other solutions, such as account-based pensions, fall short of addressing the entire spectrum of clients' retirement needs. Most crucial among these needs is ensuring ...

Allianz Retire+ strengthens distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... retirement product aiming to address longevity risk. AGILE was designed to be integrated into super funds and account-based pensions, it is also serves as a conduit for financial advisers to develop retirement strategies in advance of a client's ...