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Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... income product to the market. Generation Life will manufacture, administer, market and distribute an investment-linked pension or annuity for Optimum Pensions. The agreement has a five-year exclusivity agreement, which may be extended for another five ...

Fidelity enters UK advice market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... financial advice services which help consumers to optimise their wealth as effectively as possible. "The introduction of pension freedoms, increased longevity, and the transfer of wealth within generations means this is particularly acute amongst those ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Rice Warner has made several recommendations to the Your Future, Your Super package of reforms that the government and superannuation industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that ...

Legacy pensions score win

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... show. "The government is amending the law to ensure that retirees who have commuted and restarted certain market-linked pension, life expectancy pension and similar products are treated appropriately under the transfer balance cap." SMSFA deputy chief ...

Milliman practice lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... retirement outcomes via data, technology and behavioural analysis. His clients included wealth managers, financial advisers, pension funds and government bodies navigating the challenges of an ageing population. Milliman commented that it remains "committed ...

CFM local head takes on new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
... prior experience includes working as a senior portfolio manager within the hedge fund investments group at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, based in Toronto from 2006 and 2011, responsible for selecting managers, allocating portfolio risk and ...

Super funds boost stake in US toll roads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... have bolstered their investments in a major road development based on the east coast of the US. Together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the superannuation funds will acquire a 50% stake in the Greater Washington Area ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Of the almost 3500 stories penned this year, these are the stories the Financial Standard team feels defined 2020. The Financial Standard editorial team has written 3484 stories so far in 2020. It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... savings," the Actuaries Institute said. "These gig economy workers are more likely to be reliant on the government-funded Age Pension scheme to fund their retirement income." The Actuaries Institute called for more data to be collected to adequately ...

Longstanding CDPQ executive resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... assets and private equity and the lead of its infrastructure business. Tall has resigned from all his positions at the pension fund, having been named the new co-chair of The Carlyle Group's infrastructure group, commencing early next year. He will remain ...