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Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... retirement. Furthermore, Kay said retirees need the support and tools to navigate the complex superannuation, aged care, Age Pension and taxation systems to have a comfortable retirement. Treasury veteran and economic consultant Mike Callaghan said improving ...

Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
Fintech Ignition Advice has announced it will move into the UK market, establishing new teams in London and Edinburgh. Ignition chief executive of Europe Terry Donohoe said he is delighted by the move into the UK market. "By bringing advisers and their ...

AMP and Ares enter JV

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... income segments as its scale is unable to compete with global players. He explained the 20% shareholding in China Life Pension Company and the proposed 40% joint venture with Ares are "synergistic" to the rest of the business but effectively the business ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern ...

Standard Life Aberdeen sells 196-year-old brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... focus on the provision of Standard Life Aberdeen's asset management services to Phoenix Group and its insurance and pension customers, totaling $207 billion. This agreement will now operate until at least 2031. As part of the transaction, Standard ...

Super fund buys stake in retirement village

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... retirement villages that are home to more than 16,000 residents nationwide. Lendlease will hold a 50% interest with Dutch pension asset manager, APG Asset Management. Aware will have ownership of the retirement village portfolio and its associated operating ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... super will simply inflate prices and push home ownership further away. It will also add billions to the cost of the aged pension - which we will all pay for through higher taxes," he said. "Mr Wilson has said these housing price hikes are secondary. ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... out of super and "wake up in a panic" one day realising they are running out of money and have not applied for the Age Pension. "[This] is an awful situation and should not be happening anywhere let alone a country like Australia," he said. The industry ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Australia is the most successful pension system among developed countries, according to Wills Towers Watson. The firm's Thinking Ahead Institute 2021 Global Pension Assets Study said Australia's thriving pension system boasts an 11.3% per annum ...

Westpac to combine Advance super with BT Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... BT's new super product. Advance notified members of three funds recently: Advance Super Account, Advance Allocated Pension Account and Advance Fixed Term Pension account. Between mid-March and early April 2021, Westpac will replace the three Advance ...