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NGS Super takes fresh route to tap EM

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium yesterday on how super funds and fund managers can collaborate more on investments, one super fund suggested the idea of creating tailored resources mandates. Anthony Rodwell-Ball, chief executive officer ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

AMP makes super reading easy

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... a personalised Member Benefits Report that helps engage its members by allowing them to better understand their superannuation. The report will be sent to all 280,000 AMP CustomSuper and SignatureSuper members across direct and planner managed plans ...

Record inflows into legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Non-employer contributions into legalsuper have increased by a record rate last year despite the halving of contribution caps and continued investment uncertainty, according to the fund. Reporting on the year ended 30 June, Andrew Proebstl, legalsuper ...

Suncorp buoyed by super and investments

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Suncorp Life, which covers the company's life insurance, superannuation, investment and asset management businesses, contributed $222 million to the group's bottom line, almost a third of the parent's total earnings. On a relative basis, the division ...

AustralianSuper retains $1bn Concord mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper's $1 billion Australian equities mandate with Concord Capital will remain in place following Invesco Australia's buyout of Concord, confirmed a senior investment executive at the $30 billion-plus industry fund. Peter Curtis, senior manager ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... the nation's infrastructure backlog is $770 billion. A major report released by IPA in April this year called on superannuation funds to consider stepping up their investments into the sector. AustralianSuper said it is among Australia's largest unlisted ...

StatewideSuper renews MetLife insurance deal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
South Australia-based StatewideSuper has re-appointed MetLife as the fund's insurer. Metlife has been StatewideSuper's insurer for the past 18 years and the appointment follows an extensive and competitive tender process, noted a press statement from ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
REST Super has awarded a $25 million Asian equities mandate to Cooper Investors - the first time the $17 billion-plus industry fund has forayed into direct Asian equities investments. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, said key executives of ...