AUSTRALIA - The Labor party has backed the government's budget superannuation plan which will introduce a host of pension changes, including the elimination of the tax on benefits paid to members for Australians aged 60.

The new Pensions Bill is another missed opportunity to simplify and deregulate the industry, experts claim.

THE GOVERNMENT has unveiled its Pre-Budget Report - making announcements on alternatively secured pensions, state pensions, exchange traded funds and annuities

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US - Wilshire Funds Management and Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG) have joined forces to offer pension funds a turnkey portable alpha solution combining alpha and beta in one product.

WINTERTHUR Life chief executive Mike Kellard is to form a new fund management business for the firm's new parent, Axa Life.

Managers need to be wary of the risks of new currency hedging rules, consultants claim.

THERE should be a new way of measuring the performance of companies to ensure they are follow good practice, delegates heard.

Legal & General has launched podcasts as part of a new portfolio of multimedia communication tools designed to boost employees' interest in their pension scheme.

BARCLAYS Global Investors has launched Government bond exchange traded funds - understood to be the first such instrument available to UK investors.