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Competition for ASFA awards heats up

FINANCIAL STANDARD WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... of the year the green campaign and integrated campaign of the year. Previous winners include QSuper, Russell Investments, BUSS(Q), IOOF, Sunsuper and UniSuper.

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Queensland fund BUSS(Q) has hired Damien Simonfi and David Southwood to fill two newly created positions of financial advice manager and contributions arrears manager. BUSS(Q) has appointed Southwood as financial advice manager. Southwood will focus ...

BUSS(Q) seeks Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
The $1.5 billion BUSS(Q) is looking to award a $30 million Asia ex-Japan mandate, and has terminated investments with QIC, Dexion, Warakirri Asset Management and Morgan Stanley. The Building Unions Superannuation Scheme (Queensland), which had $1.46 ...

ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... campaign - 'Change Ahead' AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund Your insurance is changing for the better! Best public relations campaign BUSS(Q) Building Super BUSS(Q) Leveraging the media campaign Super SA Triple S Insurance Enhancements PDS of the Year IOOF ...

Super funds battle for ASFA awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... fund and the best 'green' campaign. Other finalists include AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund, Australian Ethical Superannuation, BUSS(Q), Cbus, GESB, HESTA Super Fund, IOOF, Mercer, QSuper, Quadrant Super, Russell Investments, Super SA and UniSuper. Last ...

BUSS(Q) calls for sub-contractor legislation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
David O'Sullivan, building and construction super fund BUSS(Q)chief executive, is calling on the government to introduce legislation that would force sub-contractors to contribute to their superannuation. O'Sullivan said the number of employees becoming ...

BUSS(Q) buys Aussie equities

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The $1.5 billion building industry fund BUSS(Q) is topping up its Aussie equities mandates as early as next month in a bid to shore up on cheap stocks in the market. According to David O'Sullivan, chief executive of BUSS(Q), the fund is currently 3 ...

Infrastructure fund beats downturn

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The Private Capital Group's infrastructure fund, which counts heavyweights Sunsuper, Suncorp and BUSS(Q) among its clientele, has defied the market slump to report a 9.6 per cent return over a one year period to 31 December 2008. The Infrastructure ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Following the December 2008 revaluation of its unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's ...

Embrace the recession: Salt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Financial planners should welcome a recession because it weeds out less capable planners and allows solid practices to pick-up market share and grow, according to Bernard Salt, a leading commentator of demographic and consumer trends. Salt said it's ...