Australia

Jack Jones talks to Jeremy Cooper about the problem Australia has getting its world class saving system to deliver retirement incomes.

This week, Buzz respondents were adamant that investment consultants should be regulated.

Phillip Blond, director at think tank ResPublica, has called for all tax relief on pensions to be scrapped in favour of a simple matching savings scheme.

Where one life ends, another begins. Equities rise and fall. Successes come and go. Listening to the Going Global plenary at the National's Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) annual conference struck a chord with me.

The UK pension system's score in the annual Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index has improved but dropped two places in ranking to ninth as other countries overtook it.

For years, Australia's superannuation funds have collectively invested in infrastructure deals. Simon Mumme asks what their experience can teach UK pension funds joining the Pension Infrastructure Platform.

The Australian government passed the law last week to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has quashed rumours the government may unfreeze the pension of British expatriates.

Andrew Short looks at what auto-enrolling employers will do to combat a mass opt-out

The government National Infrastructure Plan looks like a perfect investment fit for pension funds. Lynn Strongin Dodds examines the opportunities and the risks.