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Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Eight super funds, including AustralianSuper, are spearheading the move to better assess climate change risks on long-term returns, but the industry, as a whole, is still moving at a glacial pace on all thing carbon, a survey shows. The joint survey ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... in Brisbane, Paul Howes, the national secretary of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and trustee director at AustralianSuper, shared his views on where the industry should be heading in the next 20 years. He's got big shoes to fill, speaking at the ...

AustralianSuper revamps retirement investment path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
AustralianSuper is introducing a new age-based default for pension members and implementing a different path for those moving from accumulation to pension phase. The super fund conducted a review of the risk and benefits of its balanced option, which ...

AustralianSuper wins $650m Elders mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
AustralianSuper has won a $650 million and 12,500 member-strong corporate super mandate from Elders - making the transfer one of the largest of its kind in Australian corporate superannuation history. The $30 billion-plus AustralianSuper was the successful ...

CFS platforms gain $1.9bn net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... rose 20 per cent compared with the six months previous. The life insurance business attracted new business but AustralianSuper dropping its $130 million insurance mandate with the firm offset this flow. As a result, overall in-force premiums reduced ...

CBUS chief joins ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... to ASFA's board of directors. Atkin will join the noard immediately. He succeeds Ian Silk, chief executive of AustralianSuper, who has decided to step down after nine years on the ASFA Board. "While we are sad to lose someone of the calibre of Ian because ...

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... of respondents (7.5 per cent) listing the corporate fund as their main super fund. AMP is closely followed by AustralianSuper (6.5 per cent) and Colonial First State (3.9 per cent).

Rohan heads AustralianSuper account

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed Paul Rohan as the head of the AustralianSuper Insurance Account. Rohan will be working with AustralianSuper to bring Tower's insurance arrangements to fund members. He has experience working with industry funds, master ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AustralianSuper has redefined its $270 million socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate with Perpetual Investments from a strict exclusion approach to a broader best-of-sector strategy. The changes, which occurred this month, mean AustralianSuper's ...

Tower pursues more insurance mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... reviews to come, said Geoff Black, chief executive of group life and investments. Tower's $600 million deal with AustralianSuper has been the talk of the institutional end of town in the last few months, but the insurer is aiming for more mandates and ...