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HESTA hires Hermes for intl ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
HESTA has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and voting services on international share investments. Hermes EOS' appointment does not impact its agreement with Regnan, which ...

Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... retirement," said Professor Wilkins. The analysis, conducted on data assembled before the GFC dramatically reduced superannuation balances, found partnered retirees to be in much stronger financial positions than single retirees but even this was not ...

NZ regulator extends AMP and AXA deadline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... year. AMP is listed in Australia and New Zealand and AXA Asia Pacific is listed on the ASX. Both companies provide superannuation, investment, life insurance and financial planning services in New Zealand.

CommInsure restructures, appoints Browne as GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... groups across Australia. Greg Ballard, CommInsure's general manager investments has been appointed general manager - superannuation and investments. The Superannuation and Investments business is comprised of CommInsure's open and closed personal super ...

AMP unveils new super ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
AMP has launched a new consumer advertising campaign to promote its new low cost superannuation AMP Flexible Super Core. The television campaign, which first aired last Friday, features an image of a pile of money blowing off a cliff into the sea with ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... the most dominant super fund category, accounting for around 30 per cent of the $1.3 trillion in assets pooled in superannuation.

SG lift costs super $700bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The superannuation funds industry's celebrations over winning their battle for more SG would be more subdued if they factored in how the Henry Review's original tax reform proposals would have added an extra $700 billion to their coffers, reveals new ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... equitise cash, for short term transitions or to mitigate benchmark risk without having to use futures. Self-managed superannuation funds also commonly use the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF as a core investment to hold broad diversification to Australian equities ...

Super SA seeks member services director

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Super SA is looking to hire a new director of finance and member services. Super SA, which provides superannuation services to South Australian public sector employees is searching for a director, finance & member services who will be responsible for ...

Tide turns in industry vs retail fund performance

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The latest APRA superannuation performance figures suggest a reversal of fortunes in super land, with retail funds returning nearly 21 per cent over the year to March, ahead of industry funds' 16 per cent. Prudential watchdog APRA released its latest ...