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JANA wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Legalsuper has re-appointed JANA Investment Advisers as its asset consultant for a three-year term. As asset consultant, JANA will continue to provide investment advice and recommendations to support the decision making of legalsuper's board and its ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

LGS wins $2.1m green building fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has been awarded a $2.1 million Green Building Fund Grant by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. LGS was the only applicant to be awarded a grant on an exemplar basis, according to a statement from ...

Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Sunsuper has launched a new advertising campaign that will star its own members. The campaign also uses the famous tune of "Over the rainbow", according to a press statement. General manager, marketing and communications Teifi Whatley said the premise ...

AXA protects retirement income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... past age 90 and a one-in-five chance of living to 95 years of age. The North Protected Retirement guarantee in superannuation locks in any increase in account value as the constant income amount annually. For example, a 65-year-old investor can get 5 ...

Raising SG could impact regional companies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... levels on small businesses in regional Australia is a major concern, argues Prime Super. The government's reforms to superannuation is a step in the right direction, they said, but more needs to be done to help small businesses transition to the new ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... capital requirements. The report argues the funding requirement could be met partly by the $1.2 trillion invested in superannuation funds. It may even be easier to get this funding after the Federal Government's Budget proposed increasing the superannuation ...

Maritime consolidates alternatives and ARFs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super has consolidated the Absolute Return Funds and Alternatives asset classes within its investment options lineup. According to a statement, the fund's trustee board approved the consolidation for reporting and monitoring ...

QSuper appoints NAB for custody

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The $28 billion public sector superannuation fund, QSuper, has appointed National Australia Bank (NAB) to provide master custody and investment reporting services. The engagement of NAB's asset servicing division follows an extensive review process ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... ahead! Try and compare these with, say, the increase in tobacco tax or the reduction in the Australian government's superannuation co-contribution scheme. Go ahead! You're smiling now aren't you? We're so lucky aren't we? But what does this mean for ...