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Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... Investment Fund declined 5.2%; South Korea's National Pension Service dropped by 16.8%; and Dutch fund Stitching Pensioensfonds ABP saw a massive drop of 23.7% in 2022. Only 50% of funds anticipate it will take over a year to recoup their losses and ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP have bought Forico and a 170,000-hectare plantation forestry estate in Tasmania. Under the agreement, the three investors ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
An academic has raised concerns about the impact anti-hawking laws will have on superannuation funds' ability to provide financial advice amid the federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... mitigate inflation risk. "For many retirees, the optimal retirement income strategy will comprise a tailored mix of Age Pension, ABP, and a lifetime annuity," it said. "Adjusting this mix can therefore be just as important as rebalancing allocations ...

AustralianSuper sells to Dutch pension fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... sold 16.8% of its interest in the electricity distributor to APG Asset Management, the investment manager of pension fund ABP. Going forward, AustralianSuper will own 8.4% of Ausgrid as well as an indirect investment via an IFM Investors fund. The transaction ...

Pension funds acquire forestry asset

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... purchase a 62% share in a timber producer in New Zealand. APG Asset Management on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have entered an agreement to purchase Sinotrans New Zealand's shareholding in Wenita ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Mercer's David Knox says super funds won't be able to meet the Retirement Income Covenant's requirements via account-based pensions alone and will have to look at other solutions. The government's latest guidance on the Retirement Income ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... products were required to provide retiring members access to capital while managing the risk that they might outlive their ABP balances. This combination of flexibility, guaranteed income and longevity meant many funds have stayed away from developing ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... that keeps the bar high. As was the case this year, which is directly reflected in the average scores," she said. Overall, ABP received the highest score at 4.3 out of 5. It was closely followed by BPF Bouw (4.0) and PME (3.9).

Industry fund lowers fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... ratios will also reduce across both account-based pension offering and pre-retirement pension offering. For example, aggressive ABP option will go from 0.41% to the new 0.23%. The fund has held its monthly admin fee steady at $15 month.
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