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Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Governments increasingly withdrawing support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... products investing mainly in listed funds will be excluded. The GPIF is allocated the reserve assets of Japan's public pension system to fund benefits for older generations and achieve fiscal symmetry within about 100 years. After this period, the fund ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the global average of 51. Canada's pension system has the largest average at 92. Regardless of the low number, the latest PwC global pension funds study shows Australian super ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Mercer senior partner David Knox is warning increased pressure will be placed on global retirement systems if government policies do not adapt to ageing populations and declining birth rates. Knox fired the warning as the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global ...

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... sustainability of the super system. "Australia is facing an acute demographic shift rendering the current tax-payer funded pension system unsustainable," he said. "The uncertain current legislative agenda is threatening the confidence we place in a long ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... poverty." He agrees that changes back to pre-2006 asset testing levels are necessary to create a more sustainable pension system, but argues it will be a lot of the little day-to-day increases to the cost of living which will cause an immediate sting ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... to equities, the second highest in the OECD. "Conversely, we have the lowest allocation to fixed income of any pension system in the first world, according to Willis Towers Watson. Australia's super system is about 9% invested in fixed income versus ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Chalmers said. "It's about booking some savings to the bottom line. So it's counterproductive if you think about the pension system and care about retirement incomes. It's a real backward step on fairness. The impact this will have on the system will ...

Australia and UK to shape retirement landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
A global pension expert believes both Australia and the UK will play a major role in driving future ingenuity and innovation for retirement markets across the world. On the eve of attending the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide ...

ASFA chief executive Vamos to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos has decided that the time is right to step down after eight and a half years in the role. The ASFA board will shortly commence recruitment for her replacement and ...