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AMP Capital hires Barnes as senior portfolio manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... investment officer at Jardine Fleming Australia and as an Australian equity portfolio manager at the NSW State Superannuation Investment Management Corporation. Most recently, he worked as an executive director at the London-based private equity investment ...

LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The $2.2 billion LUCRF Super has appointed JF Capital Partners, Northcape Capital and Perpetual as its new Australian equities managers. The mandates were appointed as part of an overall review of the various asset classes within the fund. LUCRF Super ...

Fidelity, Edinburgh and Sarasin win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The $9.5 billion Western Australia-based GESB has appointed Fidelity, Edinburgh Partners and Sarasin & Partners as new managers in its $2.5 billion international equities portfolio. GESB made the appointments following a review of its external managers ...

Custodians under review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... overseas providers that saw Australia's finance firms ride the GFC better than others, partly because of the regular superannuation payments that help cushion the impact of massive fund outflows. "Global custody providers from around the world view Australia ...

Pension fund head gets jail sentence

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The former head of a Swiss teachers' pension fund has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after being convicted of a string of offences including fraud and embezzlement. UK-based publication online publication IPE.com reported Ignace Rey, the ...

Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Retail fund Australian Child Care Super Fund is introducing a new tiered fee structure to lower costs for members, and upgraded its insurance cover last month. ACCSF introduced the tiered fee structure on 1 October - a move that will see members pay ...

EISS appoints Mercer as consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The $2 billion plus NSW-based Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has appointed Mercer as its new asset consultant. According to an October newsletter of EISS, which caters to employees working in the energy industry in New South Wales, Mercer was ...

Plum wins NAB Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... Financial Services' assets under administration are set to reach $11.2 billion after the $2.9 billion NAB Group Superannuation Fund subcontracted its administration services to Plum. According to a fund statement, National Australia Bank had elected ...

SMSFs tip more into international equities

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
SMSF allocation to international equities has increased for the first time in 18 months, a change in sentiment that bodes well for global equities managers hoping to tap into the country's fastest growing super segment. According to the Multiport SMSF ...

Maritime Super picks AIA for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Maritime Super has selected AIA Australia as its group insurer for its 15,000 members following the merger of the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) and Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF) in March this year. Peter Robertson, chief executive at ...