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Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... not-for-profit super funds cannot completely set aside their differences to tackle the toughest issues facing the sector. Ian Silk, chief executive of the $31 billion industry fund AustralianSuper, said getting not-for-profit funds and retail funds to ...

Top fund CEOs join climate change panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... panel to ramp up talks on climate change policy, including the design of a carbon price in Australia. The panel includes Ian Silk, of AustralianSuper, the country's largest industry superannuation fund, and Mark Lazberger, of Colonial First State Global ...

Receivers appointed to Willmott Forests

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The fate of around 8,000 investors' $400 million investments in MIS scheme provider Willmott Forests remains up in the air, as the firm's financiers - CBA and St.George - yesterday appointed receivers to the company. Bryan Webster, Mark Korda and Mark ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda as negotiations progress to form the next government. Ian Silk, chief executive of the $30 billion-plus AustralianSuper, is renewing calls for SG to be raised from 9 per cent to 12 per ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference last week, Silk said while increased cover and premium ...

AustralianSuper revamps retirement investment path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... they would provide at retirement, because members' savings often remain invested for many years after they retire," said Ian Silk, chief executive at AustralianSuper. John Parrish, director of consulting at CPG Research & Advisory, which provides asset ...

CBUS chief joins ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... as an industry funds representative to ASFA's board of directors. Atkin will join the noard immediately. He succeeds Ian Silk, chief executive of AustralianSuper, who has decided to step down after nine years on the ASFA Board. "While we are sad to lose ...

TOWER nabs $600m AustralianSuper deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... harness the benefit of our size and achieve a result that will mean substantially better benefits for members," said Ian Silk, chief executive at AustralianSuper. The super fund's insurance tender ran for more than six months where the number of insurers ...

AustralianSuper wins outsourcing mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... services such as limited advice about super as well as access to educational services for no additional cost," he said. Ian Silk, chief executive at AustralianSuper, said fund outsourcing is still an area of significant activity for AustralianSuper.

AustralianSuper hires fixed income manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... skills will provide further depth to our investment team in this challenging environment," he said. In October last year, Ian Silk chief executive at AustralianSuper, said the investment team had increased the fund's allocation to global bonds from 2 ...