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Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... representation, it combines superannuation and human services - which includes administration and policy for Centrelink and age pensions - with financial services and corporate law. The move reinforces the continued transition of superannuation away ...

VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... annual Melbourne Financial Services Symposium and will become the publisher of the forthcoming Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index when it is released later this year.

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... managing director of Barclays Capital. According to the survey the top three hedge fund investor segments are American pensions with $381 billion in investable assets, American private banks with $269 billion and European private banks with $220 billion. ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... of the pension funds, and help ease the pressure to divert cash from fighting the UK recession into trying to fill a pensions deficit. "Even when the economy was strong, longer lives and the loss of key tax incentives had made final salary pensions very ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... they are already physically "broken". Treasurer Wayne Swan said the government is being forced to act due to increasing pensions costs and workers now normally surviving many decades in retirement, resulting in retirement income costs being pushed to ...

India markets up 18pc on election

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... India's continuing embrace of economic reforms and capitalism." He said the election results could herald reforms across pensions, insurance, banking and education. This news provides a welcome relief for Indian fund managers after the country's governance ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... has been so emphatic that the pension will now be indexed to a special retiree's cost of living measure which will see pensions lift each year much faster than ordinary wages. But this is where it gets risky for the superannuation industry as it becomes ...

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... flexibility of managing their own assets. King said the firm's SIPP accounts have the same benefits as personal and stakeholder pensions but provide more tax benefits on contributions, tax-free growth and tax-free lump sums.

UK budget cuts HNW pension relief

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... cent. Research group Datamonitor said the change means the government has reneged on promises to attempt to tackle the 'pensions gap'. "It is likely to dissuade the wealthy from saving for a pension, making it vital that providers and advisors encourage ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... accompanied by a blow-out in the government's borrowing requirement is threatening the Prime Minister's promise to boost age pensions in next month's budget. Following last year's budget there was an outcry from pensioner groups that argued linking 25 ...