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GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Wealth management and capital markets software provider GBST has posted its full-year results for FY2015, showing a 52% boost in net profit to $15.3 million. Revenue in subsidiary GBST Wealth Management, which provides the Composer funds administration ...

UK pension changes to benefit Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The lifetime allowance (LTA) cut announced in this year's United Kingdom 2015 Budget could result in more British retirees moving their pensions out of the UK. The Budget contemplates that the amount individuals can save tax-free into pensions will ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... whether it's the Chinese looking to do nuclear in Europe, or whether it's Canadians buying railway links rather than UK pension funds." In consequence of these high prices, he said IFM Investors is having to look in different places for its new infrastructure ...

Former PwC exec joins Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... clients in Australia and overseas. Before joining PwC, he worked for an investment consulting firm in London, advising UK pension schemes on a range of investment matters and was also head of its investment manager research. Towers Watson Director, investment ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... disclosure regime similar to a surgeon's general warning." Gruen said super fund fees in Australia being three times that of UK pension funds means introducing reforms to structurally reduce these fees even by a few basis points would be a worthwhile ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... disclosure regime similar to a surgeon's general warning". Gruen said super fund fees in Australia being three times that of UK pension funds means introducing reforms to structurally reduce these fees even by a few basis points would be a worthwhile ...

van Eyk completes rebrand following NZ acquisitions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Thomas said. van Eyk Advice NZ offers retail financial planning and specialises in assisting clients transfer their UK pension to the New Zealand scheme. Blueprint Investment Management is the investment manager for the Blueprint Series of managed funds ...