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Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... access to BMO's team of asset managers around the world. With mandatory superannuation, McInerney said Australia's pension system is the fourth largest in the world. "Australians have more money invested in managed funds per capita than any other economy ...

LUCRF ramps up advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... are past 50 are preparing for retirement and with them we cover the different sort of contributions, the LUCRF pension system and in general the transition process to retirement," White said. For members below 50, advisers discuss contributions, the ...

Superannuation to wield $6tr muscle by 2030

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... because there will be more pressure on people to take annuities and not lump-sums," Trafford-Walker said. "The pension system will be under pressure because the ratio of workers to retirees will raise and it will become harder for the government to fund ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
While financial planners are regularly asked to advise on overseas pension transfers, considerable care must be taken to ensure a misunderstanding of international rules doesn't result in huge tax penalties. This was one of the overarching missives ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Against the backdrop of intense political debate, Mercer has released research which it states proves Australians do not receive unfair tax advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... financial advice groups such as Storm Financial, said that there is a chance that the economic power of Australia's pension system leaves it at risk of being exploited. Fletcher said that if the Coalition is elected at the upcoming Federal Election it ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The size and complexity of European Union public pension liabilities masks the funding needs of member countries, according to new research by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. The institute says that Maastricht treaty debt-to-GDP targets are too simplistic ...

Low-volatility post-retirement solutions needed: Bell

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... a lay-down misere, and so investors need to turn to low volatility products like reverse mortgages and the aged pension system," he concluded.

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... in the rankings. Denmark's unique 'A' grade ranking has been awarded in recognition of the country's well funded pension system, its high level of assets and contributions, the provision of adequate benefits and a private pension system with well developed ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... Hong Kong is not in the OECD. Australia is also a leader, second only to Iceland, in the proportion of their total pension system funded privately, albeit this private provision in Australia is heavily subsidised - in the past decade Australian superannuation ...