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State Street continues British Airways mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
State Street has won a mandate to continue servicing the British Airways Pension Trustees's 14 (A$23) billion UK pension fund. State Street will provide British Airways with custody, accounting, performance measurement, securities lending, trade matching ...

Mercer appoints head of super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Mercer has appointed Graeme Mather to the newly created position of head of superannuation investments Australia/New Zealand, along with four other executives, to its investment consulting business. Based in Sydney, the new hires will work across a ...

Sunsuper restructures advice services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The $14 billion Sunsuper is combining its call and advice centres under one roof to streamline its member services offering - opening the option for more planners to come on board and service its members. The Queensland-based fund has created a new ...

Super assets reach $1.23 trillion

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Another quarter, another $39 billion. The latest APRA figures show that the superannuation industry continues to grow - but some funds have done better than others in the three months to December. Over the December quarter, the assets of industry funds ...

Kiwis confused on retirement investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
A survey found more than half of New Zealanders signed up to the retirement savings product, KiwiSaver, have no idea what they're investing in. The UMR national survey found 34 per cent of New Zealanders are signed up to KiwiSaver, representing more ...

Changes to borrowing brings peace of mind

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... fund (SMSF) trustees can have peace of mind when using the products. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, announced the government's proposal to amend the Corporations Regulations 2001 to allow superannuation ...

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... investment choice menu should they wish to do so. The AvSuper Fund was originally established in 1990 to provide superannuation benefits to employees and former employees of Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). AvSuper ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Bandidos, a former J.P.Morgan employee and a multi-million dollar swindle of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme - one man has so far pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in a $150 million bank fraud case. According to reports from the Sydney ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
NSW-based Local Government Super (LGS) is searching for a sustainability officer to assist in monitoring its investments. The successful candidate will report to the fund's chief investment officer. The fund is a signatory to the United Nations Principles ...

Verity and newfocus unveil marketing benchmarking study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Verity Financial Marketing and newfocus Research have launched a breakthrough study that will attempt to measure effectiveness of super fund marketing campaigns. The research has been designed by Bruce Stafford, former marketing manager at QIC and Hesta ...