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International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... Group" as part of an obligation it sees to increase understanding of responsible investment principles. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recently created the Stewardship Enhancement Group to discuss the fund's appropriate stewardship ...

Advisers have assets test top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... advisers and their clients considering that about 75% of Australians aged 65 and over qualify for at least a part government pension to supplement their income. "It's no surprise then that advisers are seeking clarification and support around how their ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... updated its investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which manages about US$804 billion, recently released its 2015 review of responsible investment which expresses ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) would sign on in a move that "will surely contribute to the achievement of sustainable development." ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... companies were seen as poor stewards of capital. He said a telling factor in BlackRock's strategy was the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) increasing domestic equities exposure to 25%. Estes added that at the household level, Japanese ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... approaching retirement now and for the foreseeable future, this income will be made up of two components, super and a Government pension," the report said. Noting that the superannuation system wasn't designed to "fund tax-free accumulation of inheritance ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

$1m in super not enough: Cooper

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... the analysis he found that $1 million would give you a little less that $1,300 a fortnight, the same as the government pension. "It was really just to demonstrate... how much it would cost hypothetically to buy an age pension for the rest of your life," ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... $6.31 trillion in March 2015. According to Preqin's research, the largest sovereign wealth funds are Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (with $818 billion in assets under management) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, with $773 billion. "Sovereign ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent 35.8% of the retirement nest egg, while the government pension sits slightly below, at 30.5%. According to ING Direct, "Australians are looking to options they are more familiar and comfortable ...