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Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
Australian domiciled international equities fund managers seeking mandates should look at the London Borough of Redbridge Pension Fund, which is keen to award $270 million in funds to global shares managers. According to a tender statement, the fund ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Mercer (including at Duncan C. Fraser bought by Mercer in 1986) and has extensive experience working with Australian superannuation funds. Gardener is well known in Australia for his views on governance, alignment of interest and where superannuation ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
Funds need to ramp up their operational reserves, according to new research from Mercer. "As a minimum, we recommend that all funds should have an operational risk reserve equal to either 100 per cent of the fund's annual in-house operating costs, 50 ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... it will broaden its review net to a trustee's entire professional profile rather than just as it concerns their superannuation experience. The regulator has also used the revised guidances to remind trustees that not only must there be a constant assessment ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... no frills investment product) as the default option of funds. Meanwhile the Coalition said it would abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey flagged he would oppose an increase in SG. Schroder is not alone in his ...

APRA warns on unlisted asset valuations

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
In a sign that unlisted valuations are still high on APRA's watch list, the regulator has written another letter to remind super fund trustees of the risks in unlisted investments and to watch their valuation practices. Retail super funds have traditionally ...

Complaints against planners fall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... investments and financial planners in the past year, new figures show. Alison Maynard, investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman, said the number of investment disputes dropped by 50 to 809 in the year to June. Investment disputes include ...

Mercer stress tests retirement

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
Mercer has launched a new retirement calculator to help members 'stress test' their superannuation. The calculator models the impact that share market volatility or a career break will have on an individual's retirement savings and income. Mercer's ...

AGEST chief exec steps down

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... fund in February 2002, replacing then chief Bruce Hartnett. Previously, he was chief executive of the BOC Gases superannuation fund. Prior to BOC Gases, Seton was at AMP, where he first began his career in 1979. Seton was a director of the Association ...

Trustees address 'young' elephant in the room

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
Credit unions and super funds share the common dilemma of how to best serve their younger stakeholders, and it's a risk that becomes more pressing as their Baby Boomer clients move on from 'saving for retirement' to 'spending their savings' phase. Mark ...