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Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
ESI Super and SPEC Super have developed a dedicated Flood Relief Package that offers information and advice to members who have been affected by the floods. The package includes a free financial assistance webinar offering information on financial issues ...

ARIA boosts property sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... effort to boost engagement and advance its ESG agenda. These include collaborations with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Regnan Governance Research and Engagement and Investor Group on Climate Change, among others.

AvSuper loses case against fund manager

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
A judge has dismissed super fund AvSuper's claim against Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) and Colonial First State Property Limited, in a case regarding the super fund's entitlements in the Commonwealth Property Hotel Fund. CMIL and Colonial ...

CalPERS returns 12.5pc in 2010

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the US, achieved a 12.5 percent net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year, pushing its assets under management to US$225.7 billion. While the returns mark the second straight calendar year of double-digit ...

Related party asset exposures pose conflict: report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
In its Annual Superannuation Bulletin this year, APRA reports on the most significant asset exposures of super funds, with some obvious, and not so obvious, findings on where potential conflicts of interest could arise. According to the report, retail ...

APRA report sparks fresh debate on boardroom diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Three leading lights in superannuation share their views on the regulator's report released yesterday that shows the glaring absence of women on trustee boards. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released findings that found licensed ...

Disability trust comes with caveat

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... right advice. In a number of cases, a client with a heavily disabled dependent may find that their own pension, superannuation and insurance can be negatively affected if the establishment of a disability trust is handled incorrectly. "With life insurance ...

AvSuper awards mandate to IFP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
AvSuper has dropped its mandate with Wellington International Management Company and awarded $52 million to Independent Franchise Partnership following a review. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the $1 billion-plus fund, said IFP replaces Wellington ...

Investors miss wealth signposts

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... Philpot. Philpot said that while younger clients have more 'automated' finances such as mortgages repayments and superannuation, and retirees are limited by regulations such as contributions caps, it is the wealth builder's demographic that are open ...

Aus Ethical head of distribution departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... Ethical's Thier. Thier said he said he will take on the firm's distribution strategies in the interim. Harding-Davis' superannuation experience spans over t13 years, with time as a director of a superannuation consulting and accounting practice, and ...