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Recreo, Mine Super enter the cloud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... said the cloud-based platform, named OneTrust, can manage a range of schemes, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans and features automated workflows. Andrew Bain, chief executive of Recreo said: "Today we have delivered a cutting- ...

Aussie employers understand importance of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... that have emerged in Australia are truly global in scope. As world pension systems increasingly move toward defined contribution designs, themes like system complexity, the role of financial advice and ESG are coming to the fore," he said. He added that ...

Ariel Investments promotes president

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... Rogers founded Ariel in 1983, which began as a small and mid-cap value manager, and has evolved to offer defined contribution plans, as well as separately managed accounts for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Hobson commented: "Ariel has ...

Super fund appoints new asset consultant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... Frontier Advisers as asset consultant. Frontier has commenced a three-year term to provide advice over the defined contribution portion of ESSSuper, which accounts for about $6 billion of the funds' holdings. Willis Towers Watson had held the contract ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... the back of union demand, joining Denmark and Netherlands which use a similar system. The new collective defined contribution (CDC) will allow employers to pool together group contributions while investing, therefore spreading the risk. For employees ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Findings from the banking Royal Commission has overshadowed Australia's superannuation system scoring the top spot in a global study of pension markets. Willis Towers Watson and the Thinking Ahead Institute named Australia as the number one pension ...

State Super appoints CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... chief investment officer, and promoted Charles Wu to deputy chief investment officer and general manager of defined contribution. Gabriel replaced Richard Hedley, who exited after more than two years in the role. Gabriel was previously the general manager ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... responsibility to help workers navigate retirement but that changed with the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, Fink said. "Nearly all countries are confronting greater longevity and how to pay for it. This lack of preparedness ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... ability to proactively engage with individual companies to drive change, WTW said. Several defined benefit and defined contribution clients have committed more than GBP500 million ($900m) of capital to the new strategy. WTW head of sustainability for ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... "handful" of large superannuation funds in analysing features of the new products. It works with the global defined contribution team and the multi-asset class teams. Recruitment is currently underway to add another person to the Australian team, Shead ...