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LGS names deputy chair, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
The mayor of Penrith has taken on the role of deputy chair of the $12 billion Local Government Super, following the resignation of Bruce Miller. Miller was first appointed to the board in July 2011 and was a member of the governance, remuneration and ...

Industry fund reviews DB payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... benefit fund that were potentially paid incorrectly. Statewide Super's Salarylink, a defined benefit fund for local government workers, is investigating the accuracy of salary data provided by councils. A joint statement provided by Local Government ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Friends of the Earth Scotland reveals UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. The analysis said it equates to about $2500 invested ...

Challenger wins $200m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Challenger has scored a $200 million mandate in indexed global equities from an industry fund. Local Government Super, which manages $12 billion in retirement savings for current and former New South Wales government employees, picked Challenger for ...

Aware Super completes WA Super merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... memorandum of understanding and entered due diligence on March 4 this year. WA Super, which is the default fund for local government employees in Western Australia, previously tried and abandoned a merger with Statewide Super and Tasplan which would ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Hope Group, according to the group. These are Aware Super, HESTA, UniSuper, Suncorp, NGS Super, Vision Super, Local Government Super, and Media Super, while Local Government Super and NGS also exclude investments in coal power generators like AGL. "The ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... government spending (reflecting fewer fees paid to administer the Paycheck Protection Program loans) and state and local government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased. The increase in PCE reflected increases ...

Queensland funds explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... been through a merger in 2011 when it (then known as LGsuper) merged with City Super to create one fund for all local government employees in Queensland. The 55-year-old fund has been public offer since 2017.

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Local Government Super (LGS) has partnered with workplace mental health organisation SuperFriend, to provide support and tools to its staff, members, and their employers. SuperFriend will support employers and members with a range of online and facilitated ...

Industry fund adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... its board, as an employee director leaves. LGIAsuper is adding Greg Hallam, who was the chief executive of the Local Government Association of Queensland for 26 years. His directorship is effective September 30 and comes as Matthew Bourke leaves the ...