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Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... director, deputy chair and the chair during this time," Combet said. "IFM invests on behalf of industry super funds and global pension funds to benefit their members. This purpose makes IFM a distinct funds management business, one that aligns with my ...

Former QIC exec now OMERS risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... named the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System's (OMERS) new chief risk officer, reporting to the Canadian pension fund's chief executive Blake Hutcheson. Joining OMERS in 2020, Deb Barnes has been promoted to the top risk job after serving ...

SMSFs continue to fly solo

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... services that they don't think pays off. Interestingly, the research found that half of SMSF money is currently in pension phase. "So, retirement income considerations are going to be really, really important and perhaps a good way for advisers to ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... mitigate inflation risk. "For many retirees, the optimal retirement income strategy will comprise a tailored mix of Age Pension, ABP, and a lifetime annuity," it said. "Adjusting this mix can therefore be just as important as rebalancing allocations ...

Generation Life rolls out product enhancements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... buffer during market instability. Further, clients can now opt for fortnightly payments, aligning with their Centrelink Age Pension payments or alternating fortnights. Generation Life general manager of retirement solutions Patrick Clarke said: "Our ...

No longer an accumulation game: ART

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... products. Two years since the formation of ART, Spragg says the super fund often gets asked how it's going with its Lifetime pension product, originally launched under the QSuper brand. While ART is one of the country's largest superannuation funds ...

Dutch pension giants back $1.5bn local BTR deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... Graeme Torre said: "The rented residential sector is an important constituent of the global portfolio we manage for our pension fund clients." "It's fully aligned with one of the building blocks of our real estate strategy - urbanisation, where amongst ...

Allianz Retire+ strengthens distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
Allianz Retire+ bolstered its wealth management operations, with two state managers joining the distribution team in recent times. Stephen Armstrong joined this month in the newly created role of state manager for Western Australia (WA) and South Australia ...

MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... figure hit $95.8 billion - an increase of 13.8% over the year. Of this, lump sum payments rose 20.8% to $53.5 billion and pension payments increased to $42.3 billion or 6.1% year on year. Such increases are in line with longer term trends due to a maturing ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... better economy overall." However, there are now more than 20 US states, led by Texas and Florida, which actively prohibit pension funds in their jurisdictions from following ESG principles. In July 2022, The Economist released an article arguing that ...