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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... took some major steps towards reducing their own exposure to what has become known as "carbon risk". Local Government Super (LGS) and HESTA became the first multi-billion dollar super funds to introduce a fossil fuel screening policy across all of their ...

LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Scott Armstrong as its new Property Portfolio Manager. Armstrong replaces Andrew Kim, who left the fund in September to become head of asset management at Rockwell Capital Partners. Armstrong will be responsible ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has announced it will be screening out companies that derive the majority of their revenue from coal or tar sands. In the most comprehensive fossil fuel screening policy adopted by a major super fund, LGS has included all ...

LGS Super launches DIY option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has launched an investment option that allows members to build their own portfolios from a range of LGS-approved investment options. The LGS Do-It-Yourself (DIY) option gives members access to shares from the ASX300, Exchange ...

LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
LGsuper has appointed a chair to the board of directors to replace current independent director and chairman Brian Roebig, who is retiring after 19 years at the helm. LGsuper independent director Bronwyn Morris will take over the role. Morris' background ...

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has entered an in-principle agreement to offer its members a white label version of MetLife's new suite of retirement products, MetLife Max. The new offering, which offers accumulation, transition to retirement (TTR) and ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... had responded very favourably. Local Government Super has also entered an in-principle agreement to white label the product. LGS chief executive Peter Lambert said: "The reality is that there are members that are concerned with longevity risk and running ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The board of Local Government Super (LGS) will consider toughening its screening of investments in companies exposed to coal mining and other fossil fuels, but is unlikely to make any decisions before February, according to LGS head of sustainability ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... uranium mining and tobacco operations, leaving it free to invest in 'best of sector' fossil fuel miners. Local Government Super (LGS), a fund known for its environmentally-sound investments, avoids companies which have a 'material' (i.e. more than 10%) ...

LGsuper ups board independence

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Queensland local government employees superannuation fund LGsuper has appointed three new independent directors to its board of directors and are set to introduce a new board structure in the second half of 2014. From this time the board will be made ...