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Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Russell has opened its flagship multi-asset portfolio, the Russell Pooled Superannuation Trust Balanced Opportunities Unit, to three new alternative asset sector funds. According to a press statement from Russell, the move has seen the trust's alternative ...

State Super Fin Services CIO resigns, takes VIC Super post

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
The chief investment officer of State Super Financial Services, Oscar Fabian, has resigned from his role to become the CIO of the $7 billion fund VIC Super in April this year. It is understood that Fabian has already tendered his resignation and will ...

Longevity swaps to top £10bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... years experience in the financial services industry and possesses experience in both the investment management and superannuation fields. She is currently employed as principal of the Australian operations of Marvin & Palmer Associates, Inc., a global ...

Fees secondary to return: Qantas Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... defined contribution fund fee, which is around 1.02 per cent. Qantas Super is one of Australia's largest corporate superannuation funds with $5.5 billion in FUM at the end of last year.

Anderson appointed MD of Mercer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... Anderson as leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, a role which encompasses leadership of Mercer's superannuation master trust, administration and member services for stand-alone corporate and multi employer superannuation plans and ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... currently charging around $30 million in fees each year during maternity and paternity leave. "We are encouraging all superannuation funds to follow our lead with the Super Baby Break," he said. The initiative follows the recent ruling that any employer-paid ...

QIC taps lifecycle strategies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... operational by mid-April. "Lifecycle strategies do not currently form part of the options typically available to superannuation fund members. "We believe that if carefully designed and well implemented, lifecycle strategies have the potential to enhance ...

Gen Y super members paying triple tax

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
What the Gen Y giveth, the tax man taketh away. Super fund REST hopes to help 300,000 of its Gen Y members avoid paying a high 46.5 per cent tax on their super by educating them on those three little words. More than 300,000 members within REST's 18 ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
The majority of investment managers say they vote most of their pension fund clients' proxies at their own discretion - without instructions or guidance from their clients. New research from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education showed ...