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Putnam banks on fixed income

... year, its core fixed income team was awarded 'Overseas fixed income manager of the year" according to UK publication "Pensions Management". Michelle Baltazar

Irish future fund puts faith in passive investing

The National Pensions Reserve Fund, Ireland's equivalent to Australia's Future Fund, has awarded a $5 billion ((a,-3 billion) passive equity mandate to Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited (BIAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). BIAM will ...

It's a wrap for UK pensions: Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced that its wrap services are all stamped as 'Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes' (QROPS) which will allow UK migrants to transfer their funds to Australia without heavy tax penalties. In April ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... its PDS' and application forms Asteron has also upgraded its Wealthstar platform to incorporate features for allocated pensions and added six new investment options, including: the Merrill Lynch Monthly Income Fund; Schroders Fixed Interest Fund; IOOF ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

... largest fund managers after the spate of mergers and demergers that rocked the industry last year. According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 Ranking Survey, total assets managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers grew ...

Increasing SG will cost 57,000 jobs: ACCI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... employee's superannuation, employers are already putting in more than their fair share&Employers also part fund aged pensions [already] because [they] contribute more than a third of the taxes that fund pensions."

Expats lose out on super

... we've been running our business, the average fund transfer is $77,000," said David Ford, managing director of overseas pensions transfer specialist Pension Transfers Direct. However, the rules could act as a deterrent to those in the 40-plus age bracket ...

Migrating a UK pension easier with good advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... still our biggest source of inward migration, yet many UK migrants still need help sorting out how to transition their UK pensions into Australia. Making this transition complex, however, is that the UK can have eight different types of pension arrangements ...

Budget super consultations attract 3,500 submissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... "Superannuation funds are required under current law to withhold tax at the top marginal rate on lump sum payments and pensions where a member has not provided their TFN." But if the member later provided their fund with their TFN any penalty tax paid ...

Investors don't use timeframes when choosing options: FuturePlus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... results of the study were presented by Livanas to the Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, held at the UNSW Centre for Pensions and Superannuation.