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NZ Super appoints Elementum Advisors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have appointed Elementum Advisors to manage a $140 million portfolio of catastrophe-linked securities. The initial size of the mandate will be $140 million million with potential to increase to $282 million. ...

Bennelong wins Guardian mandate

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) has won a $10 million mandate with the Guardian Benefits Fund Trust. The trust is a joint venture between the Over Fifty Group and InvoCare. Sean Webster, investment manager of the Over Fifty Group, said the ...

Guardian appoints regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... Prudential," said Steven Browning, executive manager at Guardian. Jones will be focusing on the growth and development of the Guardian business in the key regions under his remit. Meanwhile Guardian had also appointed Michael Townshend to the role of ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... appearing in television bulletins announcing the former Treasurer, the founder of the fund, was inline to become "the guardian" of the $58 billion fund. Rumours became so widespread that current Treasurer Wayne Swan was forced to explicitly deny the ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... are concerned about what the changes are going to be," he said, citing what-if budget scenarios to the audience at the Guardian Financial Planning conference in Darwin last Friday. Hugh Elvy, head of financial planning and superannuation at ICAA, said ...

APRA not interested in exec pay levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... John Trowbridge, APRA Member, speaking at the 2009 Remuneration Forum last month said, "APRA does not see itself as the guardian of any public assessment of whether pay levels themselves in some organisations are judged to be too high." However, the ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... and European tour dates with the details for their late-2009 Australian leg due for release shortly. According to the Guardian, every time the band tours the world's economy goes into meltdown. "Last night came final and irrevocable proof that the country ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The world credit crisis has drawn blood from another victim, with New Zealand Superannuation Fund posting a loss of $568 million or 4.92 per cent for the year ended 30 June 2008. The 4.92 per cent figure was the fund's net return on investment for the ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has officially ended their investment relationship with Fisher Funds Management Limited opting to take this aspect of the portfolio direct. NZ Super appointed Fisher Funds back in December 2003 to manage an ...