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Scoring goals with LUCRF Super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... has formed a partnership with the Australian Professional Footballers' Association that will see the fund provide superannuation services to PFA members. Greg Sword, chief executive of LUCRF Super said the partnership was an important step in getting ...

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... Reuters. Despite CalPERS setting the precedent for other pension funds on taking rating agencies to court, local superannuation funds seem unlikely to follow suit. For instance Greg Sword, chief executive of the $2 billion Labour Union Co-operative Retirement ...

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The time has come for institutional investors to look past asset classes and seek good value assets with robust revenue streams when implementing their post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who ...

Rio Tinto seeks super trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Corporate super fund Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund is on the hunt for three new directors to join its trustee board. The Rio Tinto fund, which had $2.3 billion at the end of June last year, said three of its current member directors are completing ...

Don't confuse advice: Guardian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... proposed is at best 'informed guidance' - not advice. The planning firm is also asking the Government to require that superannuation trustees, in the process of providing informed guidance, include a verbal and written warning to members of the limitations ...

Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... the validity of the Responsible Entity model if it's in their members' interests, said Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASL). PASL made the comments in relation to its recent, successful legal action and urged other funds to consider their ...

Oasis looks to SMAs and ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... administration processing and accounting functions. Oasis Fund Management Limited is the trustee and operator of a superannuation master trust and Investor Directed Portfolio Service (IDPS) products. MoneyOne.Com.Au Limited is responsible for the development ...

IFSA appoints Brogden as CEO

IFSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... investments and life insurance. "I also look forward to delivering the reforms that IFSA will be adopting as part of the Superannuation Member Charter which was released last month," Brogden concluded.

UniSuper activates fair value clause

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has initiated a clause that allows trustees to reduce defined benefit members' benefits - if necessary - following the GFC to provide fair value payments. UniSuper announced online on 7 July that it had decided to initiate "Clause ...

Pillar tenders for RBF-TAS deal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... which is a retirenement benefit fund for the Tasmanian Government," said Beck. RBF is Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund and has been Tasmanian-owned and operated since it was established in 1904. The schemes available to members include the ...