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NZ Super suspends Milford AM mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have suspended a mandate with Milford Asset Management until a Financial Markets Authority (FMA) investigation into the fund manager is completed. Until then, NZ Super will manage the NZ$281 million ($276 ...

NZ Super terminates AMP Capital mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... mandate in 2003. The decision does not affect the Fund's 5% allocation to New Zealand equities. A spokesperson for the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation confirmed that the mandate would be re-assigned to another active manager and the allocation ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... Chairman Gavin Walker, chairman of NZ Super Fund, said the salary and cost structure of the fund reflects how the fund's Guardians have moved to bring more investment expertise in-house and to reduce reliance on external managers in an effort to reduce ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... "fundamentally bad economics." He also re-affirmed Labor's commitment to re-establishing a Council for Superannuation Guardians, with the current government scrapped. He called the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA) "shambolic ...

Canadian pension fund buys AMP NZ property portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... Zealand economy and its status as an attractive investment destination." Matt Whineray, chief investment officer for the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, said the sale was timed to take advantage of favourable market conditions. "As a long-term ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... professional advice. Is it really fair that $6 trillion of savings rely on the will of the gods? CEOs and CIOs are the guardians of this mammoth sum and - deservedly so - a lot of industry discussion and awards recognition revolve around them. But what ...

QIC hires exec from Guardians of NZ Super Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Brisbane-based investment firm Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has appointed an executive from the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Neil Williams will finish working at NZ Super at the end of May and will become QIC's managing director ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
Former Treasurer Peter Costello has been appointed permanent chairman of the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Costello, who has been a member of the Future Fund Board since 2009, has been the acting chairman since the departure of David Gonski last month. ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...