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AUSCOAL Super adds another cash manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AUSCOAL Super has given a fixed interest mandate to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) to invest funds in high-rated and secure cash investments. An AUSCOAL Super statement said the investment mandate is designed to make its cash ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AustralianSuper has redefined its $270 million socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate with Perpetual Investments from a strict exclusion approach to a broader best-of-sector strategy. The changes, which occurred this month, mean AustralianSuper's ...

Bookmakers Super boosts liquidity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Bookmakers Super Fund has improved the liquidity of its balanced investment strategies, increasing the cash levels of its Balanced Pension by more than $10 million to $12 million. The fund's December update said "pleasing progress" had been made to ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Meat industry super fund AMIST ploughs more money in international equities with a fresh mandate awarded to Vanguard. John Livanas, chief executive of the fund, said this is the first time the super fund has invested with an index manager - aside from ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
In a pivotal stance signalling the importance of oil and gold in superannuation portfolios, BT Financial Group has made key investment changes to its super products to include direct exposure to commodities. The firm completed its strategic asset allocation ...

Legalsuper cuts 17 fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... Solaris Investment Management. The investment portfolio review follows the recent merger between the Victorian Bar Superannuation fund and Blake Dawson Partners Superannuation Fund. Legalsuper has more than $1.3 billion in funds under management (FUM). ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... academic qualifications or additional skills outside what's already required by the SIS Act. Liz Westover, head of superannuation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, said the Institute is disappointed with this outcome as they have long lobbied ...

Planners locked out of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... fee for service model for SMSFs could result in a segment of financial planners locked out of the fastest growing superannuation sector. The Cooper Review's Phase Three - Issues Paper raises the financial planning remuneration issue and questions the ...

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... get wholesale pricing for relatively low amounts of capital. But really SMSFs are going to be a driving force in superannuation for years to come and product providers still haven't developed products that are appropriate for SMSFs," he said. Separately ...

Universal model tough to execute

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... disconnected members, the idea is to place members at the heart of super. However, Andrew Barr, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees research and policy manager, warns that there could be pitfalls to the model. "With the single strategy we're ...