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Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Sixteen Australian super funds, including first-timer HOSTPLUS, have made it into Towers Watson's list of the 300 largest global pension funds, which was released today. However, the weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall ...

Government establishes superannuation fund for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The government will establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF). As part of the new arrangements ADF members will be able to choose which superannuation fund they belong to and, for the first time ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Eaton Vance Management International (EVMI) has appointed former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Australian pension fund growth was twice the global average in 2012, according to a global survey of the world's 300 largest funds conducted by US newspaper Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. While total assets of the world's largest 300 pension ...

CSC awards Challenger $250 million mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has awarded a $250 million mandate to investment management giant Challenger Limited, it has been confirmed. The mandate was the first to be signed to Challenger's "Relative Value Debt Strategy" (RVDS) which ...

AustralianSuper granted MySuper license

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
AustralianSuper, the nation's largest not-for-profit superannuation fund, has become the latest fund to be granted its MySuper license. AustralianSuper is following the path of many other super funds, rebadging its existing balanced option. The MySuper ...

Liquidity concerns push CSC to change target allocation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Commonwealth Super Corporation (CSC), trustee for the Public Sector Super Scheme, has made changes to its default option in response to the Stronger Super reforms that require improved operational risk reserves. The CSC made the changes to lift its ...

Cbus grows internal investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Cbus has appointed Grant Harrison investment manager of private markets. In the newly created role he will be responsible for the design, oversight and management of Cbus' private markets exposure, which includes property and infrastructure. A 20-year ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
REST Industry Super (REST) has become the latest fund to receive a MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund will offer members a MySuper option, that includes a single diversified investment option ...