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Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

Aon appoints head of wealth solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... years with Aon. She was previously a principal actuary, covering employee benefits consulting, including defined contribution, defined benefit, and long service leave benefits. Sweeney's previous role included providing actuarial advice and insights ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... retiring at their desired age compared to their global counterparts, a new study shows. The latest Global Defined Contribution Participant Survey by MFS Investment Management of 4000 respondents found that only 71% of Aussies are confident about retiring ...

Link enters UK pension market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... enhance member experience. Link Group Retirement Solutions will first launch a digital-first solution to the defined contribution (DC) and Master trust administration market with the aim of reducing costs and increasing member engagement. The front-to-back ...

State Super hires DC investments executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
State Super has welcomed a new general manager of defined contribution investments from Crescent Wealth. Jason Hazell joined State Super on September 1 and will also become part of the executive team. His new role sees him taking responsibility for ...

Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... would put 40% of it in their pension fund, 26% in savings and 15% to pay off debt. On a bright note, the 2021 Defined Contribution Plan Participant report found that more respondents this year (52%) contributed 10% or more to their plans, compared with ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last year, the UK pensions regulator ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... investment grade structured credit. State Super manages about $42 billion in assets, of which about 20% is in defined contribution schemes while 80% is in defined benefit schemes. The defined contribution portfolio of about $8 billion, forgoes defining ...

Super fund advice not useful: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... fintech Smart's The future of global retirement report, looking at how those in the world's most advanced defined contribution pension markets think about and prepare for retirement. The research was commissioned by Smart and conducted by YouGov via ...

WTW launches working group

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... over this period, we are increasingly seeing capital moving away from defined benefit pension schemes into defined contribution, so there is a need to innovate in order to identify a structure that enables a wider investor base to access opportunities," ...