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ASSET Super appoints LGT Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
ASSET Super has committed $50 million to invest with secondary market private equity investment firm, LGT Capital. The super fund has invested $12 million in the private equity investment firm's Crown Global Secondaries II product at the end of January ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The senate is holding an inquiry into military and civilian superannuation reforms proposed by the Federal Government - including the management merger of civilian and military schemes. The shadow minister for veterans' affairs, Louise Markus, and the ...

CFS appoints former Russell head of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
The former managing director of superannuation at Russell, Linda Elkins, is moving to Colonial First State as general manager in marketing. Elkins will be joining CFS later this month with responsibilities including brand, marketing and communications ...

Legalsuper member contributions rise

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Legalsuper has seen its voluntary member contributions increase by 6 per cent for the previous year - a stark contrast to APRA figures that show contributions plummeting almost 40 per cent across the industry over the same period. In total, legalsuper ...

ESI Super targets younger members on advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... phone advice services to provide easy access for members, said Petrou. ESI Super is a multi-billion dollar industry superannuation fund that was established in 1995 to service employees working in the energy industry, and their families. ESI Super replaced ...

Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Aviva Investors has won the investment manager category and Cbus has taken out the superannuation category at the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies 2010 Investment Stewardship Awards. The awards recognise achievement in product innovation, service ...

Super funds to gain better risk management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... head of the middle office platform at DST Global Solutions, said the middle office platform would run behind the superannuation administration platform and allow funds to monitor and manage investments. "We offering risk management, if they're managing ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... has more than $280 million in invested in Australian equities, said it made sense to use the benchmarks because superannuation is simply a tax-advantaged way of investing. Livanas said this process would allow its Australian equities fund managers to ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... and governance factors into investment processes; measuring and comprehending risk; and improving engagement with superannuation. Last year, Julia Feher from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) won the Future Leaders Award for ...

Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... than 20 new specialist appointments to its Australian team and appointed Steve Schubert as managing director of superannuation, replacing current head Linda Elkins. Among the key appointments is Steve Schubert, Russell's director of actuarial and benefits ...