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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 ...

FAAA sounds alarm on no-consultation super reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... they sell that product, then tax will become payable. However, they might be only a year or two off transitioning into a pension product, which could make the capital gains tax avoidable," he said. Anderson also critiqued the "forcefulness" of the notifications ...

Boutique co-founder jumps to AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... associate portfolio manager Daniel Pool. Pool has been appointed senior quant analyst in the public markets team at Abu Dhabi Pension Fund. Pool joins Philip Cheong, who left Russell Investments last year to join the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund as portfolio ...

PensionDanmark selects future chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... deputy chief executive. It was recently announced that Torben Möger Pedersen, the long-serving chief executive of the pension fund would depart on October 1. At that time, chief investment officer Claus Stampe will step in as chief executive, with Mørch ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... It's only a matter of time until a superannuation-like levy is proposed. Payments to seniors, which in the main are Age Pension payments and aged care expenditures, are meanwhile growing strongly but only by 7% each, which pretty much matches the ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The federal government has delivered its second budget since coming into office last year, and as expected, cost of living support has featured prominently. So what has treasurer Jim Chalmers included in the 2023 federal budget when it comes to spending ...

Mine Super to close Choice option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... investment menu, Mine Super is closing its Conservative Balanced Choice option later this month. The option will remain for pension members, as will the option that's part of the fund's Lifecycle strategy. Those invested in the option will see their ...