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Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... providing adequate financial security for retirees that is also economically sustainable. Topping the list was the Netherlands and Denmark on 80.3 and 80.2 respectively; Denmark previously held first place for the last six years. Of the 34 countries ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... can erode trust. "For example Italy has recently undergone painful reforms to the pension system and Germany and the Netherlands are on the cusp of reforms; this erodes trust. However, if these reforms are successfully implemented and individuals embrace ...

Arnhem portfolio manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... Investment Partners. He also spent about 12 years at BNP Paribas Asset Management's ABN AMRO Asset Management in The Netherlands. ABN AMRO Asset Management established an Australian equities capability in Sydney in 2000 which would later become Arnhem ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

Weighing the lucrative expat lifestyle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... overall score - 71.58% - when ranked on lifestyle, career, financial and family. It just beat out Japan (71.22) and the Netherlands (71.17). "Even though Singapore's cost of living is quite high (27% of expats reported spending more on their daily bills ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... investment consultant to Prime Super. In September 2017, Whitehelm acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds.

Industry fund appoints Whitehelm as investment consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... investment consultant to Prime Super. In September 2017, Whitehelm acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... also common in the US. Defined benefits (DB) meanwhile dominate the pension systems in Japan (96%), Canada (95%), the Netherlands (94%) and the UK (81%). Japan and Canada however, are now showing signs of a shift to DC, the report said. Urwin said DC ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... asset allocator in the world. It occupies the list with pension investors from the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and France. Canada's Alberta Investment Management Corp took the top position. New America said the top 25 list represents ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Australia. The nation's index value this year is 77.1, down from 77.9 in 2016 and 79.6 in 2015. Denmark (78.9) and the Netherlands (78.8) are the only two pension systems ranked higher than Australia in 2017. New entrants to the index, Norway and New ...