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Senate admits age pension falls short

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... they were pleased with the recommended review of both the base pension rate and the indexation methodology used to set pensions and retirement benefits. O'Neill had previously flagged the need for a raise in the Age Pension following reports that the ...

BNY Mellon champions fiduciary transition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... transition management specialist for BNY Asset Management, was recently named 2008 Transition Manager of the Year by a UK pensions magazine. According to MTMS chief executive Mark Keleher, the firm applies a fiduciary model to its business in an effort ...

Clay Finlay re-invents growth

... Finlay, she was principal at US asset consultant Wilshire Associates, vice president at Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) and pensions and investments manager at PepsiCo. "For 21 years, I've looked at money managers as part of my responsibility because ...

Regulator clamps down on conflicts of interest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... helping us achieve our objectives of protecting members' benefits and promoting good scheme administration," Tony Hobman, Pensions Regulator chief executive said. "We recognise that many conflicts are inherent by their very nature. The key is managing ...

AMP posts 47pc growth in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... Earnings rose 25 per cent ($306 million) in the group's CWM arm, which includes the financial planning, superannuation, pensions and banking businesses. The firm's increased investment in this sector, which includes initiatives such as AMP's Planner ...

Centrelink lends hand on fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... nationwide seminars are conducted by FIS officers who are not financial planners so they do not provide advice regarding pensions or investment products. Instead they offer information regarding how various investments are assessed under the social security ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... year despite a high allocation to equities in the face of falling markets, according to Watson Wyatt. The 2008 Global Pensions Assets Study surveyed the largest 11 pension markets in the world and found Australian superannuation assets increased by an ...

ESSSuper to offer fin planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... statement, ESSSuper said products would be announced in the middle of this year and could potentially include allocated pensions and insurance. "This fantastic decision by the Minister for Finance gives ESSSuper members the peace of mind of being able ...

Watch out for 130/30

... be more fundamental managers launching products in this area. In the US, a survey of managers by industry publication Pensions & Investments showed assets in the active-extension strategies rose by 77 per cent between the first and third quarter of 2007 ...

Ambachtsheer receives Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

Keith Ambachtsheer, a world-renowned pensions expert who is visiting Australia next month has received the prestigious Outstanding Industry Award at the 2007 European Pension Fund Awards held in Vienna last week. Ambachtsheer, an adjunct professor at ...