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Retirement savings shortfall worsens: IFSA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... chance of a comfortable retirement," Brogden said. Meanwhile ING Australia has welcomed IFSA's call to raise the superannuation guarantee contribution to 12 per cent. "Most Australians have inadequate savings for retirement. ING Australia supports any ...

Norwegian pension excludes tobacco firms

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Norwegian Ministry of Finance is excluding the $518 billion Government Pension Fund Global from investing in 17 tobacco companies including British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco. The Ministry of Finance drafted rules states the ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... financial return," she said in a statement. Roger Gray, chief investment officer at the $50 billion fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme, said that as long-term investors, the environmental performance of all their assets is a critical component ...

Bendigo head moves to ME Bank

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... board of Industry Super Holdings was splitting its top job among two CEOs. ME Bank is owned by some 35 industry superannuation funds, which have over 5 million members, including several hundred thousand (mostly small) employer members.

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Superannuation is the number cause of financial worries among Australians, but many are choosing newspapers over advisers for information when making financial decisions, new CoreData figures show. CoreData surveyed 4,000 Australians and found that ...

Aberdeen wins NGS and ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... from NGS Super and ING IM. The wins include a $150 million fixed income mandate with the Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund and a sizeable global equities mandate with ING IM Multi-Strategies Group. "These wins are an endorsement of our Australian ...

Leggo retires as AvSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... AvSuper's growth from a fund of $27 million employing three balanced fund managers, to the $1 billion multi-manager superannuation fund of today.

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... benefit of a working lifetime of full super contributions. For example, their own research found the average annual Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate for most Australian workers over the age of 50 is less than 5 per cent. The organisation has long called ...

AvSuper appoints NAB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Canberra based superannuation fund, AvSuper Fund has reappointed NAB as its provider of master custody and investment reporting services. NAB's asset servicing division has supported AvSuper's custody requirements since 1998. NAB's reappointment follows ...

Legalsuper reviews financial planning services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
The $1 billion-plus legalsuper is reviewing its financial planning services - including its relationship with Industry Funds Financial Planning - to boost member usage of the fund's advice offerings. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of legalsuper, said ...