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Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Australia is not only one of the biggest pension markets in the world, it is among the fastest growing. Willis Towers Watson has just released its 2016 Global Pension Assets Study and it reveals that Australia's US$1.5 trillion pension asset pool is ...

Industry bodies clash over pension proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has branded "offensive" an Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) proposal to turn the Age Pension into a loan recoverable against the family home. In a pre-Budget submission the ...

NAB shareholders vote for UK exit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
NAB shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the bank's demerger with Clydesdale in the UK. At the bank's scheme meeting today in Melbourne, NAB group chair Dr. Ken Henry explained the demerger would be structured with a new holding company ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face unless they adopt measures that address an imbalance between assets and liabilities. This is the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... throughout 2015. Yet a number of strong exits, including sales of post-IPO stakes held from previous years, helped Australian PE/VC funds post net-of-fees returns of 23% for the year ending 30 June 2015. Managing director at Cambridge Associates' office ...

Lazard AM launches global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a global equities fund that invests in listed companies that have a stable history and strong earnings forecast. The Lazard Global Equity Franchise Fund is a portfolio of 25 to 50 stocks that invests in what the ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Treasurer Scott Morrison confirmed that the government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has added an Australian pension scheme to its qualified recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) list after slashing the number of Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...