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Anxiety over 'all-things super' takes toll on MySuper uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... would a fund want to hurry when it can hang back and see what others are doing first." Sunsuper this week became the first super fund to win approval from the regulator to offer a MySuper product.

UBS and ME Bank launch high interest cash account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
UBS and ME Bank have launched a high interest cash account service for superannuation fund members based on UBS's direct investment platform for superannuation funds. AustralianSuper is the first superannuation fund to offer the cash account as part ...

Frontier staffs up

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Frontier. Frontier in an independent company with four shareholders: AustralianSuper, Cbus Superannuation, HESTA and FIRST Super.

Another former asset consultant joins Cbus

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... industry superannuation funds who are shareholders in the Frontier business, along with AustralianSuper, HESTA and First Super. Fok told Financial Standard that Chatfield's appointment was one of several new roles that will be need to staffed as ...

Mergers likely for Media Super

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... chief executive. Yesterday the $3 billion industry fund for the media and publishing sectors announced that current First Super boss Graeme Russell would become its chief executive early next year. Russell will replace long-standing Media Super chief ...

CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Compliance and reporting specialist CCH has partnered with First Super to help comply with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s more extensive reporting requirements. The new rules, which come into force from July 2013, require all ...

AvSuper chairman to step down

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... challenges elsewhere in the superannuation industry," said Grant. Under Grant's stewardship the fund became one of the first super funds in the country to gain an RSE license and become a public offer fund. He was also responsible for introducing member ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... remain ensconced in his dual-role as News Corp chairman and CEO despite protests from up to two-thirds of shareholders. First Super, the $1.7 billion Australian industry super fund, had banded with investment bodies from the UK, Europe and the US to ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... proposal that the News Corp chairperson be an independent director will be supported by the $1.7 billion Industry fund, First Super, which holds shares in the company. The fund for Australia's timber, pulp, paper, and furniture industries will also try ...

First Super appoints MetLife

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
First Super has appointed MetLife Insurance Limited as its group insurance provider after a recent review of its insurance arrangements. Marc Lieberman, chief executive officer at MetLife, said, "We are committed to bringing long-term value to our relationship ...