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Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... the increase in disposable income would prove to be temporary as tax rates increase to finance an increase in government pension costs from the current 2.7% of GDP to something closer to the OECF average of 8%." The firm pointed to a Reserve Bank of ...

Beware the retirement trap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... to the age pension (for example, a pension multiplier of 1.5 means that income of one and a half times the government pension can be expected in retirement). For an individual, there is an income range between $174 and $2026 per fortnight, where for ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... very big responsibility," Keary said. "We actually have a number of sovereign wealth clients across Asia and government pension plans across Asia and it's something we're really proud of, we're proud to say they're our clients." Keary confirmed that ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... - however the two managed to improve, breaking into the top 25 alongside the likes of CalSTERS, and Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund. However, New America said the funds could not rest on their laurels, pointing out significant areas of improvement ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... pension fund lost about $186 billion in the three months to December 31, as equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia, Q2 of FY19) as ...

Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Norges Bank decided its Government Pension Fund Global should drop Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe. Norges Bank's Government Pension fund Global has axed Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe based on recommendations ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Eastman says the move is significant for global asset owners. Other investors may follow the lead of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) and CalPERS that have taken the lead in the area of gender board diversity, she said. As of 27 November ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Japanese pension fund has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage passive strategies ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... pension fund that will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices. The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new carbon efficient indices. Launched overnight, S&P Global Carbon Efficient ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... a AAA-rating. The Netherlands' ABP; Finland's Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top 10. The leading US fund was the New ...