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Australia's retirement system receives first A-grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... earners taking on minimum government drawdown. Marsh People and Investments' global defined benefit and defined contribution leader Christine Mahoney commented that on a broader scale, "pension systems are under real strain." "Governments that clarify ...

Number of Aussie investors hits record high

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... Institute research found modest allocations to private assets could improve risk-adjusted performance in defined contribution retirement portfolios. Private equity and venture capital produced the highest risk-adjusted returns among the asset classes ...

CareSuper earns place among pension fund giants, ART breaks into top 20

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... defined benefit assets and has a very different cash flow profile to most Australian funds which are primarily defined contribution. "While DC assets globally grew significantly faster than defined benefits (DB) assets, this has increased the focus on ...

Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... savings. Further consolidation is also being sought via a measure that would see the creation of multi-employer defined contribution megafunds to drive greater diversification of investments and provide a more cost-effective option to pension savers. ...

Trump announces new US retirement plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... like the Thrift Savings Plan, which is already available to federal workers. The Thrift Savings Plan is a defined contribution retirement savings and investment plan that offers US Federal employees the same type of savings and tax benefits that many ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... reached a record US$68.3 trillion ($89.3tn) in 2025 across the top 22 markets, rising 9.6% year-on-year as defined contribution savings continued to drive growth, new research found. According to the Thinking Ahead Institute's Global Pension Assets Study ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... new platform, a backlog of work is expected, CSC said. In the initial phase of several upcoming updates, Defined Contribution schemes - PSSap, CSCri, and ADF Super - will be affected. Transactions will pause, and CSC Navigator will be unavailable for ...

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... chief executive, naming Australian superannuation veteran Lachlan Baird to lead the country's largest defined contribution government fund. Baird brings more than two decades of superannuation experience to Nambawan Super which with K12 billion ($4.25 ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... terminated a 3.2-billion-Danish-Krone ($759m) mandate with State Street due to ESG misalignment, and U.K.-based defined contribution master trust The People's Pension terminated a 28-billion-pound ($56.4bn) mandate, also with State Street, due to misalignment ...

Principal rejoins Mercer team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... consultant. In her new role, Christine Lu will focus on life insurance consulting as well as on defined benefit and defined contribution superannuation. Lu has 14 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance, having worked at TAL for ten years and ...
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