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Super queries drop despite GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Administration has fallen since the start of the GFC, said Peter Beck, the firm's chief executive. Beck, a speaker at yesterday's CMSF in the Gold Coast, said there has been no increase in calls last year compared to 2007. In fact, there has been a slight ...

Fry and Watton win AIST Trustee award

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Trustee of the Year Award. Fry and Watton, who is also a director at VicSuper, were presented with the award yesterday at the CMSF - the first time the award will be shared in the award's 16-year history. AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds said the ...

No bail-out for cash-strapped assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... investment consultant. Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing director of Frontier Investment Consulting and a speaker at yesterday's CMSF conference, said super funds with unlisted property in their portfolio should be prepared to "let failures fail" - particularly ...

HESTA chief scoops FEAL award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... director of the Victorian Superannuation Board, steering committee member of the Conference of Major Superannation Funds (CMSF), board member of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, a trustee of the State Superannuation Board and a trustee ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... not-for-profit differential higher than they may otherwise be. The impact of thsi on returns was extensively discussed at the CMSF conference. Keevers said the average super fund return over a one year period dropped to negative for the first time since ...

Sherry overhauls award system

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... bargained away unfairly. An important component of this safety net is the award system," said Senator Sherry at yesterday's CMSF conference in Brisbane. "The Government intends to modernise and simplify the award system to protect workers' conditions," ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... existence", but others are calling his claims over the top. Heated debates on the role of fund ratings firms at yesterday's CMSF conference saw Chant ply the notion that funds with $5 billion under management or less should be merged with bigger funds ...

ITG focuses on after-tax benchmarks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... after-tax benchmarks a reality. According to ITG product manager for market data analytics Tania Castro, who spoke at the CMSF conference on Monday, new research by the firm shows that after tax benchmarking has become increasingly important. "Growing ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... returns this year are more likely to be around the 8 per cent mark. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) yesterday, AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver, said the double digit returns in ...

Governance before crisis

... should avoid at all costs, says a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane yesterday, University of Sydney academic Mike Rafferty said governance issues tended to emerge when a crisis or ...