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Australian Retirement Trust, AvSuper sign merger MoU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... initial shortlist and remained a suitable partner. The fund also highlighted ART's extensive experience with defined benefit schemes and the fact that they both already share AIA Australia as insurer. "We are confident that this merger will be favourable ...

APRA outlines 2023 super priorities

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
This year, APRA is focused on rectifying sub-standard practices, eradicating unacceptable performance, and influencing improved retirement outcomes. That's according to its 2023 supervision priorities, released today. It said it's all part of holding ...

AvSuper provides merger update, drops admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... fees. The total fees disclosed on a $50,000 account balance as at 1 October 2022 were 1.32%. Finally, the fund's defined benefit division is well funded, with AvSuper confirming it has about 40% more in assets than is required to meet its liabilities. ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... brings, given it has more than $230 billion in funds under management and over two million members. APSS is a defined benefit plan with approximately $8 billion in assets and 28,000 members. The fund has been closed to new Australian Post employees since ...

Hostplus, Maritime Super make merger official

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... into the broader Hostplus portfolio. Hostplus will also retain and administer some of Maritime's grandfathered defined benefit products. Maritime Super staff are expected to transfer to Hostplus, or take up new roles with the fund's administrator, Link. ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... assets. "When it comes to the less frequent pricing of private assets, for certain kinds of investors, such as defined benefit plans, pensions, or institutional investors, this is a feature of private markets, this is not a bug. Some investors like that ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... assets that have underlying cash flows, the Age Pension which has in-built inflation protection, and a traditional defined benefit pension. Alternatively, the report recommended a guaranteed CPI-linked lifetime annuity that pays retirees an income stream ...

Iress wins Commonwealth Super Corp mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... contract, Iress will provide the super fund with its registry software, Acurity, for the administration of its defined benefit scheme members. The registry software will deliver the consolidation of legacy and disparate systems, migrate all products ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... target of 2025. Further, the fund has ascertained that the carbon intensity of all pre-mixed options, including defined benefit, is below the reference benchmarks of the ASX300 and MSCI world. The fund has developed a shadow carbon price for the top ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... defined contribution schemes. Together they'll also be able to provide a best-in-class defined contribution and defined benefit proposition to clients, Wilson added. HS Pensions chief executive Steve Goddard commented: "We're delighted to have agreed ...