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Industry super fund adds director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... former corporate super investment officer to its board. Following the departure of long-serving director Andrew Cooke, AvSuper has welcomed former Actuaries Institute president Geoff Burgess as one of the fund's three employer nominated directors. AvSuper ...

Industry super fund discounts investment fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... $2.6 billion superannuation fund will lower its investment fees for some options as of August 1. Profit-for-member fund AvSuper is reducing fees for all investment choice members. AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade said while the reductions vary for ...

Corporate super fund names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... Corboy as chair for a period of three years, replacing David Leggo, who departs on June 30. Leggo is the former chair of AvSuper and joined TelstraSuper as independent chair on 1 July 2010. Corboy lead HESTA between 1998 and 2015 and after that worked ...

Industry fund strengthens board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... of IOOF has joined the board of a $2.2 billion industry superannuation fund. Stephen Merlicek has joined the board of AvSuper as an independent director. Merlicek was chief investment officer at IOOF for eight years to June 2017. Prior to this he served ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... constitution states directors can serve a total of three terms of three years. He is the former long-serving chair of AvSuper, having joined as chair of its investment committee in 1993 and then became chair of the board from 1995. Leggo left AvSuper ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
A $2.5 billion industry fund has appointed a new chair as the incumbent retires after 19 years on the board. AvSuper has elected Ben Firkins to chair its board of trustees, starting February 1. He replaces George Fishlock who announced his retirement ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... million members. Hostplus was previously named fund of the year in both 2015 and 2014, SelectingSuper said. HESTA and AvSuper were the other super funds to win multiple awards. HESTA collected Best Millennial Super Product and the Investment Leadership ...

Industry fund chair retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The chair of a $2.5 billion industry superannuation fund is retiring following about 20 years as a board director. AvSuper Fund chair George Fishlock will retire at the end of January 2019, having led the fund's board since 2003. Having worked as an ...

Industry fund replaces asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... members." The appointment marks the third super fund to establish a new partnership with Frontier in the last 12 months. AvSuper and LUCRF Super both signed deals with Frontier in the second half of 2017. "Frontier has long been regarded for the quality ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... index return. Super funds in Australia with the highest W-index scores in the Rainmaker study were HESTA, Care Super, AvSuper, VicSuper, REI Super, Club Plus Super, MTAA Super, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, Tasplan and Energy Super. Rainmaker ...