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Industry funds have mass appeal: Chant West

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Most Australians should be invested in industry or public sector super funds, said superannuation research firm Chant West. Ian Fryer, Chant West research manager said a lot of Australians did not seek financial advisers for information and industry ...

Silk and Vilgan join govt council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has boosted the superannuation industry's representation on the Financial Sector Advisory Council (FSAC) by appointing AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan to the group. The group is ...

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Funds SA has awarded $1.4 billion in mandates to a trio of leading fund managers in a move to strengthen the fund's quantitative portfolio. The South Australian-based funds manager recently appointed Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBW) with ...

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), trustee of the commonwealth public sector super schemes PSS, CSS and PSSap, is looking for a new chief executive following the resignation of current boss Steve Gibbs. Gibbs, who has been chief executive ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

Government in fund frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
The Federal Government continued its fund creation blitz yesterday with announcement of a new Health and Medical Infrastructure Fund, adding to the new Higher Education Endowment Fund and the Future Fund. Seeded with an initial $2.5 billion, Federal ...

GESB appoints CIO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
Western Australia public sector super fund GESB has appointed a new chief investment officer. Sharon Hicks has been acting in the role of chief investment officer for the past six months following the departure of Paul Edmonson at the end of January. ...

GESB aligns with foreign bank for member services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
Western Australia's flagship public sector super fund GESB has negotiated an alliance with the HSBC group to provide banking and financial services to its members including home and personal loans and credit cards. A commitment to delivering better ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Wealth managers usually complain that Governments change the rules too often and how they should leave the industry alone for a while, and yet after last night's Budget they are complaining there weren't enough changes. Given the industry is still digesting ...

GESB launches advice division for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Western Australia's $8 billion public sector super fund GESB has launched a new financial advice service for members, with a former Mercer exec to head up the division. Former Mercer HR Consulting executive, Michael Heffernan, will head up the GESB ...