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UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... equity allocation in the past three years to 51 per cent in 2009. Crispin Lace, principal at Mercer, said this move by UK pensions is the result of increasing maturity among schemes and the market downturn. Bonds remain the most popular asset class in ...

Aviva snaps up Russian pension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Russia as a result of the deal, with roughly a 10 per cent share of the assets under management in the country's corporate pensions market. "This acquisition will grow our market share of the Russian non-state pension fund business significantly taking ...

BUSS(Q) calls for sub-contractor legislation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... have chosen not to make super contributions, it will fall to the Australian taxpayers to fund these people's old age pensions." He said the Australian Tax Office (ATO) did not seem to monitor this issue nor had it shown the resources to deal the problem. ...

Vision Super banking goes live

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... fund's members with a secure banking service in a tax effective environment. Members in turn, are able to access their pensions directly by using Visa Debit cards, ATMs, BPAY and Internet banking. The service, called Vision SuperVantage, was piloted ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... managed for these schemes doubling in two years (14 per cent in 2006). Cash and bonds received significant inflows as Irish pensions seek haven from volatile global and local equities. Allocations to bonds rose from 18.5 per cent to 25.6 per cent during ...

Health Super signs Bravura

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... their phone enquiries." This announcement follows the $2.1 billion Statewide super fund implementing Bravura's Sonata Pensions and Investment software in September last year. In June last year, UniSuper also signed a five-year deal with the technology ...

US pensions fight for trust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Ten US pension funds which invest $1.4 trillion in global markets have combined their muscle to create a set of five financial regulation principles aimed at restoring investor trust. The ten funds, which include heavyweights California Public Employees' ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... the financial crisis. "Some of the countries most affected by the recent stock market decline are those where private pensions play an important role in mandatory pension provision," said the IMF in a research discussion paper The State of Public Finances ...

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... $300 a year. The fee reduction, which comes into effect in May, applies to the super fund's Retirement and Workforce pensions. Members receive the reduced fee on the first $300,000 of their pension account. The fees on the next $400,000 have not changed ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
It's still open season on Australia's retirement savings system as two more reports have been released attacking the social inequity of superannuation and age pension rules. The Australia Institute has released a research paper that argues superannuation ...