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BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Industry fund BUSSQ is doing a better job of keeping its members satisfied than any other Australian super fund, according to research by Investment Trends. Investment Trends 2013 Member Sentiment & Communications Report found that 83% of BUSSQ members ...

Senior CBA exec puts blame on the bank for Storm disaster

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Senior Commonwealth Bank (CBA) executive Ian Bailey declared that the bank's retail division had a role in the collapse of Storm Capital in January 2009. A document detailing an examination to Bailey by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

BUSSQ, Qantas, Suncorp get MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
Three more MySuper licenses have been granted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) this week, bringing the total number to 41. The new authorisations are BUSSQ Super, Qantas Super and Suncorp Super. While MySuper authorisations number ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... new fund. Alternative funds currently being considered include the $2 billion Building Union Super Scheme of Queensland, BUSS(Q). Any such change would require extensive modifications to relevant industrial awards regarding changing the default fund. ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Zenith has placed three Perennial property trusts under review, after key staff moved across to Colonial First State Global Asset Management. When Perennial head of property David Kivell replaced the outgoing Steven Hayes, an exodus from the investment ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... over the 12 months were QSuper with 5.0%, AXA Simple Super and AXA Tailored Super both with 3.6%, ESSSuper with 3.4% and BUSS(Q) with 2.8%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were (again) Vision Super with 3.8% ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
AustralianSuper and BUSS(Q) super fund heads spoke yesterday about the difference scale makes to their operation and how big is too big in the world of superannuation. Peter Curtis, senior investment manager for AustralianSuper spoke during a panel ...

Women in Super scholarship winner announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Cathy Powell, an employer services representative at BUSS(Q), has won the $10,000 Women in Super 2012 Global Dialogue Scholarship. Selected by a panel of senior Women in Super (WIS) members including Fiona Reynolds from Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Super fund ramps up insurance access

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
BUSS(Q), the Queensland based super fund for building and construction workers has introduced a new phone based claims and underwriting process to make it easier for its 90,000 members to interact with the fund's insurer. The changes which include customised ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... options) list over the 12 months with 6%, LUCRF in second position with 5.7%, followed by HostPlus 5.5%, HESTA with 5.3% and BUSS(Q) with 5.2%. Within the SelectingSuper performance index research, not-for-profit funds 10 year returns were 5.2% pa compared ...