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Three super funds take responsible investment gong

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... the world for the better." Finally, Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert added, "LGS is one of the first super funds to be certified by RIAA's new program. We will receive the RIAA responsible investor trade mark for our whole super fund ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry funds TWUSUPER and First Super with the former partnership confirmed this week. The new partnership comes on the back of a broader initiative championed ...

NAS retains Cooper Investors custody

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... potential buyers. (State Street refused to comment and BNP denied any interest.) This was followed by news that TWUSUPER, First Super and UniSuper were replacing NAS with BNP for custodial services. Despite this, NAS remains the largest custodian in ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Local Government Super is reported to be the first super fund in Australia disclosing its voting intentions in advance of investee company shareholder meetings. The super fund's recent move was made in conjunction with the launch of a shareholder voting ...

First Super appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
First Super has added another independent director to its board, former Victorian government minister Candy Broad. Broad was appointed this month, becoming the twelfth director on the board and increasing the number of independent directors from one ...

Infocus to provide advice to First Super members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Industry Fund Services (IFS) and dealer group Infocus Wealth Management will provide full financial advice services to First Super members. Under the arrangement, Infocus' financial advisers based in Adelaide will travel to locations around South Australia ...

BNP becomes First Super custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Industry fund First Super has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as custodian, replacing NAB Asset Servicing. The $2 billion fund chose BNP because of its "suite of reporting, risk management and analytics [which will] enable the trust to meet ...

First Super appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
Julie George has been appointed to the First Super board as an employer representative director. George replaces First Super founder Lindsay Morling and has 30 years' experience in the forest and timber industries First Super represents. She is also ...