David Knox, Mercer senior partner, actuary and founder of the global pensions systems index, threw down a challenge to the Retirement Income Review to look at a ‘universal pension’ for all Australians. He is now talking to the industry. Knox,
People talk about the importance of taking the time to build a platform for any endeavour. If that’s the case for developing a commercial mass-market range of retirement solutions, Allianz and PIMCO have given themselves a head start with their
It’s easy to miss the wood from the trees in the mish mash of arguments back and forth about a range of views on what our super system should look like. But in the current melee, the importance of last
They may be late to the party compared with Europe but companies and investors in the Asia Pacific region have taken to ESG principles and practices in a big way. They are particularly concerned about ‘greenwashing’, according to BNP Paribas.
Investors should increase allocations to active management strategies against an increasingly uncertain global backdrop, according to a new Willis Towers Watson (WTW) report. It is a “cyclically fertile ground for alpha”. The WTW analysis, ‘Outlook 2021’, says “skilled active management
New Zealand investment administrator MMC has acquired the remaining half of Australian administrator IFAA Group from interests associated with its managing director and co-founder Neil Harvey. Harvey, who remains in the managing director role after the deal’s completion, said the
Maritime Super, the 53-year-old $5.8 billion industry fund for maritime and waterside workers, plans to merge its investments with those of Hostplus, the 35-year-old $53 billion industry fund for the hospitality industry, but retain its separate board, self-administration and branding.
The decline in the total number of qualified financial advisers accelerated towards the end of last year, at a time when the Government and advice industry itself are grappling to produce more affordable advice for the general population. The December
As the dust settles on the Government’s Retirement Income Review, the search for the most appropriate and cost-effective strategies for both large groups of people and individuals has resumed, aided by some new academic work which sets principles and rules
Real asset investors are turning to face the strange environment of 2021 as technological and social trends mix with a global pandemic to fast-forward fundamental changes, according to the latest AMP Capital market outlook. “Disruption has accelerated changes underway in
David Knox, Mercer senior partner, actuary and founder of the global pensions systems index, threw down a challenge
People talk about the importance of taking the time to build a platform for any endeavour. If that’s
It’s easy to miss the wood from the trees in the mish mash of arguments back and forth
They may be late to the party compared with Europe but companies and investors in the Asia Pacific
Investors should increase allocations to active management strategies against an increasingly uncertain global backdrop, according to a new
New Zealand investment administrator MMC has acquired the remaining half of Australian administrator IFAA Group from interests associated
Maritime Super, the 53-year-old $5.8 billion industry fund for maritime and waterside workers, plans to merge its investments
The decline in the total number of qualified financial advisers accelerated towards the end of last year, at
As the dust settles on the Government’s Retirement Income Review, the search for the most appropriate and cost-effective
Real asset investors are turning to face the strange environment of 2021 as technological and social trends mix
