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St Hilliers and Cbus target residential property

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
St Hilliers and Cbus subsidiary, Cbus Property, have entered into a joint venture to develop a Sydney residential property for an undisclosed sum. The joint venture involves developing the Caritas site at 299 Forbes street, Darlinghurst. St Hilliers ...

Members to benefit from standard risk labels: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Many super fund trustees are supporting the idea of applying standardised risk labels to all their member investment choices, a move that will help fund members better understand the risk they take when switching from one option to the next. ASFA chief ...

Rationalise me

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... proposals in aid of transferring them to the cheaper and modern version of their investments. The minister for superannuation, Chris Bowen, has released a proposals paper as the next step in rationalising the managed funds and life insurance industries. ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... combining the two businesses," said Mason. AMP would hold the number one market ranking in risk insurance, retail superannuation and retirement income in Australia if the proposal is accepted. The combined businesses would represent over 4,000 aligned ...

ACSI voting service attracts five members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Five superannuation funds are expected to sign on to the Australian Council for Super Investors' (ACSI) Global Proxy Voting Service, which launches next month. Ann Byrne, chief executive at ACSI, said the council is pleased with the initial amount of ...

Instos gain carbon footprint data

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Super funds can compare the carbon footprint of fund managers along with traditional risk factors after one custodian added emission statistics to its service suite. Northern Trust said the enhancement would feature on Northern Trust's Investment Risk ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Superannuation assets have climbed for the second consecutive quarter to reach $1.2 trillion, fuelled by the record returns recovery and stable contribution flows. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), superannuation assets ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... wealth management products. Each bank or financial institution distributes wealth management products including superannuation and managed funds to financial planners to assist them in developing portfolios for clients. Westpac has a number of wealth ...

CalSTRS adopts engagement code

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has become one of the first US pension funds to sign a new standard that outlines how to properly engage with companies they invest in. The code was developed by UK-based Institutional Shareholders' ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...