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Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
The $13 billion Construction & Building Industry Super (Cbus) is starting to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the fund's Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) when appointing fund managers. Trish Donohue, executive manager ...

WA rep banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... months jail with parole, for 24 counts of fraud. It is alleged Cox fraudulently obtained funds from policy holders superannuation accounts, obtaining cheques worth more than $185,000.

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Tony Lally, head of Sunsuper, has been elected as the new ASFA Chair, replacing former chair Greg Healy. Lally, who joined the ASFA board in mid-2008, replaces Healy, who stood down after relocating to Singapore earlier this year. Several new ASFA Board ...

Christian Super invests $50m in fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Christian Super seeds the AMP Capital Investors Responsible Investment Leaders Diversified Fixed Income Fund with a $50m mandate. The fund invest in a blend of government and credit Australian fixed interest securities, global government bonds and global ...

State Street wins $2.2bn Canadian mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
State Street has been appointed by the Canadian-based $2.2 billion Saskatchewan Teachers Federation to provide investment services to the pension plan. The deal means State Street will provide custody, fund accounting and securities lending to Canadian ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Super fund consultants urged trustees to "sweat the detail" of how they measure fund strategy outcomes or risk failing to complete their strategies on time and on budget. Adrian Johnstone, managing director of Sequential Project Services, noted research ...

No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Hedge fund managers will need to drastically improve their transparency and communication strategies - or face losing mandates from institutional managers, including the $17 billion ARIA. Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of ARIA, said one of the major ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Minister of superannuation Chris Bowen said self-managed super funds will not be exempt from strong government scrutiny - as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference ...

Super funds need to reset agenda: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... address the current "funds management mentality" that prevails in the industry, said Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Superannuation Systems Review. Cooper posed the question of whether super funds still played to the tune of the fund manager's game, and ...

Asset Super improves member insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Asset Super enhanced its life insurance cover for its members, which includes automatic stage cover improvements and lower fixed cover premiums.The enhancement includes automatic stage cover increases at ages 23 and again at age 28 for eligible members ...