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Lonsec adds to retirement panel
The Lonsec Retire Industry Panel has added four partners to provide financial advisers and clients with a global perspective in retirement strategies.
Joining the panel, AB Global, Invesco Australia, Investors Mutual, and State Street Global Advisors will give financial advisers access to expert views and analysis on key retirement issues facing investors, informed by developments in key global markets, including the US and the UK.
Lonsec general manager of investment consulting, Veronica Klaus, said "the global presence and expertise offered by our partners will provide advisers and other decision makers with a deeper understanding of the key trends and challenges relating to retirement".
Lonsec Retire is a collaboration between Lonsec and Milliman and its existing panellists are BT Investment Management, Colonial First State Investments, Macquarie Investment Management, and Plato Investment Management.
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