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CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020

... the Federal Office of Foreign Asset Control's list of prohibited companies. "The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), like state pension funds across America, relies on global investments to generate a 7% return that is needed to ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020

... landscape in Australia, driven by the "gig economy", could put many Australians at risk of falling outside of the retirement system. It argues the gig economy will see everyday Aussies retiring with much less. "The gig economy... creates a new set of ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020

... reducing the impact on the age pension by incentivising an increase to contributions. "If we could draw up the retirement system with a blank sheet of paper, no doubt we would include provisions that redress the unequal contribution that women make to ...

BetaShares calls for universal pension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020

... funded at sustainable levels. "Despite this, a full or partial universal pension is a successful part of the retirement system in many countries including The Netherlands, New Zealand and some Nordic countries."

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020

... in retirement: more than enough, the new report shows Australia needs to reconsider the current set-up of the retirement system. "Together, these findings demand a rethink of Australia's retirement incomes system," Coates said.

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020

... this fact is often communicated with "rhetoric" around it being an economic burden or threat. "Australia's retirement system was not designed to support retirees for 20-30 years of life beyond work," the report said. "Superannuation came in too late ...

Pension fund appoints new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019

... officer after 25 years at the fund. Jerry Albright is stepping down as chief investment officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas this month. He will continue to serve as senior managing director, global investment initiatives for up to one year. ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019

... Klipin then revealed the secret to New Zealand's pension system was to keep things simple. "The New Zealand retirement system, the financial system is in many ways a creature of its culture, and that culture is one of keep it really simple, make it really ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019

Australia's retirement system has risen in the global ranking of pension systems, but it still has room for improvement, according to Mercer's latest rankings of global pension systems. According to the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Australians ...

Next decade of defined contributions crucial: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019

New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute indicates that the next 10 years of defined contributions will be crucial to the development of retirement systems all around the world. The Thinking Ahead Institute, which is based in London, said that ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA

Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN

Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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