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Lifecycle the future of pensions globally: Mercer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... compete," he said. However, not everyone agrees that lifecycle is the answer. In an article published on Tuesday, AustralianSuper's Alistair Barker explained the thinking behind his fund's decision not to adopt a lifecycle product. For members with lower ...

Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... while it protects older members from what is known as 'sequencing risk'. On Tuesday, Financial Standard spoke to AustralianSuper's Alistair Barker about why his fund had opted for a static SAA rather than a lifecycle MySuper option. Barker said it made ...

MySuper lifecycle options not for everyone: AusSuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... MySuper lifecycle products are not the best option for super funds whose members have lower balances, according to AustralianSuper investment manager Alistair Barker. Over the last year as funds have launched their MySuper options, many have opted for ...

AustralianSuper takes 50% stake in UK shopping centre

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
AustralianSuper's in-house property investment team has made its first direct property investment in the shape of a shopping centre in the UK garden city of Milton Keynes. AustralianSuper has teamed up with BT Pension Scheme - one of the largest in ...

Future Fund defiant in face of airport legal proceedings

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... to the industry fund sector is likely to continue. Stringer's appointment at Frontier, which is owned by Cbus, AustralianSuper, First Super and HESTA, follows a number of similar appointments over the last year or so. In February, Frontier hired risk ...

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... "early days." He did not name any names. However, Ian Silk, chief executive of Australia's largest industry fund AustralianSuper, said retail fund mergers were not on the horizon for his fund for "a couple of reasons". "The first is that if we were to ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is BHP Billiton, at 9.2%. The fifth largest holding in its international ...

TWUSUPER CEO resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... industry fund world, having been chief executive of FINSUPER between 1999 and 2006, when the fund merged with AustralianSuper. Between 2006 and 2011 she was executive director client services at Industry Funds Management (now IFM Investors). She is currently ...

APRA to look into The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... is looking into the issue, adding "the Minister is aware of the funding arrangement." The publication, owned by AustralianSuper, Cbus and Industry Fund Holdings, is funded by member administration fees and is intended to be a member engagement and retention ...