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ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian trustees looking to slash fees should have a good look at the US public sector quasi-industry fund, the Thrift Savings Plan, that uses Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to deliver total fees of just 0.15 per cent. Thrift is a US pension fund used ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
State Super Financial Services has made a decisive move into emerging markets by carving out 10 per cent of its global equities allocation and transferring it into emerging markets strategies. Oscar Fabian, chief investment officer and general manager ...

Local Govt Super upgrades property investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Local Government Super's (LGS) upgrade of its building investments could save more then $2 million energy costs. The super fund worked with independent consultants, Napier & Blakeley, and risk management consultants, CETEC, to upgrade air conditioning ...

Hartsuyker named new shadow minister for super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Luke Hartsuyker MP is the new Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Hartsuyker's new role is part of the opposition leader Tony Abbott's shadow ministry reshuffle announced yesterday. "Luke replaces ...

IBM replaces Russell with JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The $1.4 billion IBM Australia Limited Superannuation Fund has changed its investment manager from Russell Investments to JANA Investment Advisers. The IBM fund, which had just under $1.5 billion in funds at the end of September, previously engaged ...

Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... products have grown in terms of complexity and numbers, technology has changed the way the industry operates, and superannuation has been introduced. "In our view, this makes a very strong case for an independent research house such as van Eyk to set ...

Super could post double-digit returns in 2010: research

... recovered by three percentage points per month since Christmas last year. Rainmaker SelectingSuper research found superannuation default investment options on average returned five per cent for the year to October. The research found default investment ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... research has revealed that an inflation spike could be on the horizon, with QIC advising investors, particularly superannuation funds, to guard against a potential inflationary surge. QIC chief economist Matthew Peter said the inflationary risk lay in ...

BT Financial names new head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... January 2005, with more than 3,000 staff across private banking, insurance, advice, funds management and wealth and superannuation solutions. He will also start his new role in Febuary next year.

Women in Super to grant $10,000 scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... Established in 1993, WIS has more than 1,000 members around Australia and is a networking group for women in the superannuation and financial services industry.