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Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas (Douglas decision). The Douglas decision found that certain veterans' invalidity pension payments in the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) and Military Superannuation benefits (MSB) schemes are ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... and private markets. Astorri sits on the board of ISPT, the $20 billion property fund set up by Australia's largest pension funds. He began his career in the Bank of England, first in the wholesale markets supervision division (covering the gilts ...

UK to ban cold calling on all financial products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... said. It is already against the law in the UK for product issuers to cold call in relation to occupational or personal pension schemes. In 2020, ASIC introduced a ban on the use of cold calling to sell direct life insurance. Meanwhile, in 2021 anti-hawking ...

Industry funds gain ground in retirement asset battle: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... their market share increasing 2% between 2021 and 2022, challenging the retail sector's long-standing dominance in pension accounts. According to a KPMG report, although Insignia, Colonial First State (CFS), and AMP lead the pension market by total ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... said it expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings, and pension funds and other institutional investors, in aggregate, remaining underweight the infrastructure asset class relative to their ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... Gold. The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 billion assets under management across pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. It found 93% of investors expect ...

US platform bids for Yieldbroker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... transparency, and coverage of the Australian and New Zealand debt capital markets. Australia is home to the fifth largest pension fund market globally, and we believe that this acquisition would help grow Tradeweb's Asia Pacific footprint and provide ...

Link to offer Allianz Retire+ solution to super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Under a newly inked deal, members of Link Group's superannuation fund clients will have access to a suite of retirement income solutions from Allianz Retire+. Up first, Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) will be available on Link Group's Pathfinder ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... 2020/21, compared to -1.2% and 16% over the same period for APRA-regulated funds. Accumulation phase SMSFs outperformed pension phase SMSFs in 2020 by 4.2%. Meanwhile, pension phase SMSFs marginally outperformed accumulation phase SMSFs in 2021 at 0.3%. ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... regime which will enable Australians to have a comfortable retirement. "...This removes the growing burden of a government pension for an increasingly ageing population," it said. "We consider this to be a complex issue to tackle, and worthwhile." According ...