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Super fund renews admin contract

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A $57 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its administration contract, continuing a long-held relationship with Link Group. Rest has renewed its arrangements with Link Group for a term of 3 years and 8 months and includes an option for ...

MetLife appoints head of CX

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
MetLife has appointed Lina Saliba as the new head of customer experience, with a mandate to "advocate for customers and continue to build the company's credentials" as a leader in CX. Her appointment comes after Katynka Powning left the role in ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... superannuation funds, primarily in its international and Australian fixed interest capabilities, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. For example, UniSuper awarded BlackRock a $140 million mandate last July as it took its first major ...

Zurich inks exclusive retail distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... small caps boutique has signed an exclusive retail distribution agreement with Zurich Investments and has also won the mandate to manage Zurich's $60 million small companies fund. Zurich Investments will now be the sole distributor of the Frank Villante ...

Byres warns not to spread APRA too thin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... reconciling the statements, the way I would put it is, we have been tasked by the capability review to think about our mandate much more broadly than we had traditionally done," Byres said. "The capability review and indeed the other reviews that John ...

Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
The Tasmanian Treasury will soon start the search for an insurer to take over the mandates of two small public sector superannuation funds. The State Fire Commission Superannuation Scheme (SFCSS) and the Tasmanian Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme ...

Super fund awards Australian equity mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A $43 billion superannuation fund has awarded an Australian equity mandate to a specialist fund manager. State Super has selected Martin Currie to manage a mandate for its retirement-focused equity income strategy. The amount to be overseen by Martin ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
IFM Investors wants to invest in its business and seek out more opportunities in Australia in the year ahead, as it posts $22 billion in net flows and $114 million in pre-tax net profit for FY19. The funds management powerhouse owned by industry superannuation ...

Industry fund changes asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A $12 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a new asset consultant, ending a 17-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson. LGIAsuper has appointed JANA to act as its asset consultant, marking the third of its key external contracts to ...