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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 ...

CalPERS chief executive retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... implemented a risk mitigation policy and an asset liability management program to ensure long-term sustainability of the pension system; and launched my|CalPERS - one of the largest state IT projects that consolidated 49 legacy systems into one consolidated ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... are moving away from six-monthly performance reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset horizons from five to 10 years, reducing reliance on monthly and quarterly reporting ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... and their employers, will only have to make compulsory contributions into their home country's superannuation or pension system rather than both countries' systems," O'Dwyer said. "This is expected to save Australian businesses operating in India about ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... pension and retirement leader, Joseph Pilger, also presented at the global pension summit and said the Australian pension system would be in the top three for the "Mirror Mirror on the Wall Award" but self-beauty would be of benefit in the longer-term. ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... was strongly regulated when the financial crisis rolled around. At $2 trillion, and the fourth largest private pension system in the world, super was always going to be the major focus of the Murray Inquiry. It is essential that superannuation works ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Vamos believes the superannuation industry will struggle to further link the facets of retirement with a suitable pension system without more investment. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... the phase that is completely tax free. "Tax concessions in superannuation will exceed the cost of the entire age pension system in just four years." Bowen added that current superannuation tax concession arrangements are unfair to Australia's low income ...