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Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
A local industry body representing $450 billion of super fund assets comments on the likely impact of stricter governance of the US finance sector, following reports that the Obama administration will soon impose tighter rules on credit default swaps ...

CalPERS to suffer 2.4 pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... per cent for the end of this financial year, an enviable performance if compared to the average 6.4 per cent loss of local super funds. Preliminary estimates of the fund's performance indicate CalPERS will be shaving 2.4 per cent (before fees) for the ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... those insurers, the guarantees have fared well in their first big test," said Matterson. But how is this relevant to local super funds and retail investors? Milliman said that the group could devise similar investment guarantee products to suit the local ...

Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
The Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) and KPMG are giving one local super fund executive a shot at a full scholarship to Wharton, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. The scholarship is targeted towards Australian based ...

Local Super selects Vision for back office admin

Local Super is starting a new trend when it handed its back-office administration services contract to another super fund. The fund announced that it has entered into a partnership with Victorian-based super fund Vision Super. Nic Szuster, chief executive ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... over the last year were NSW Bookmakers, Catholic Super from Victoria and equipsuper. Over five years, NSW Bookmakers, Local Super and Telstra were the top performers.

Ironbridge rounds up $1b in PE capital raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... clients of Wilshire Private Markets group, Industry Funds Management, Macquarie Funds Management and a number of major local super funds like UniSuper, Telstra Super, ARIA and Australian Super. Many of the international investors are drawn from Asia ...

ING to sponsor F1 Renault racing team

In a move that makes arguments about whether local super funds should be allowed to advertise pale into insignificance, ING Group has just announced a three year deal with the Renault Formula 1 motor racing team to be their global naming rights sponsor. ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Private equity was being promoted yesterday as the major alternative source of returns for fund managers with the promise of returns as high as 31 per cent year on year over 20 years. According to founder and executive chairman of CHAMP Private Equity ...

Alternatives go mainstream

Alternative investments are increasingly becoming mainstream, with 86 per cent of global institutional investors revealing plans to add hedge fund managers to their current portfolios and 67 per cent planning to hire private equity managers. The figures ...