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FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... in the near future, including at NSW TCorp and Telstra Super among others. A recent review included Local Government Super (LGS) re-appointing J.P. Morgan to provide services such as custody, fund accounting, unit pricing, performance and compliance ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are Cbus' appointment of an executive manager of employer experience and a new senior consultant at Towers Watson. Cbus appoints new executive manager - Jarrod Coysh, who was most recently with Westpac, joins the ...

LGsuper appoints chief digital officer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
An ongoing digital transformation at LGsuper has led to the appointment of a chief digital officer. The newly-created role sees Brett Barber join the Queensland-based public sector superannuation fund. Barber will be responsible for LGsuper's IT and ...

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
A proposed governance change to superannuation fund trustee boards has the backing of LGsuper. In 2013 the Queensland-based public sector fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent ...

LGS and Intrust Super appoint J.P. Morgan as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
A rapidly evolving investment climate has formed a major part in both Local Government Super (LGS) and Intrust Super reappointing J.P. Morgan to provide custodial services. LGS chief executive, Peter Lambert, said LGS was seeking a custody partner that ...

ANZ taps clean investing with green bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
Clean investing gains momentum in Australia as ANZ issues its first green bond and Local Government Super (LGS) joins the global Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC). ANZ's first green bond will fund projects that have positive environmental or ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... website and an objective to increase transparency and disclosure of how the fund invests its members' retirement savings. As LGS holds shares in the majority of the top listed companies in Australia and overseas, it is entitled to vote at the shareholder ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... This year, only two of the top ten funds in the index are Australian, down from four the year before. Local Government Super (LGS), with $7.5 billion under management, topped the ranking and showed that it can calculate its portfolio-wide emissions. ...

Local Government Super names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... and serving as chair of the board's governance and remuneration committee as well as a member of the investment committee. LGS also recently announced the appointment of Katherine O'Regan and Jeff Morris as directors on the board. O'Regan and Morris ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Local Government Super (LGS) has reviewed its governance framework and added two members to its investment committee. Bev Durston and Robert Swift are the new committee members and they will assist the fund in monitoring the performance of LGS' investment ...