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First Super mulls Timbercorp rescue

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... Super is made up of the Furniture Industry Retirement and SuperannuationTrust (FIRST Super), Pulp and Paper Workers Superannuation Fund (PPWSF) and the Timber Industry Superannuation Scheme (TISS) which merged July last year.

BGI and BlackRock mandates under review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Westscheme is intensely scrutinising the fates of the mandates within its $630 million Aussie equities portfolio, which is currently divided between Barclays Global Investors ($380 million) and BlackRock ($250 million), after the two firms announced ...

Plug the information gap: SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... that they've never requested before, including more data at the sub-fund and investment option level. "The average superannuation fund has become considerably larger and more complex over the past five or more years," said Ross Jones, APRA's deputy chairman ...

AvSuper appoints JANA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The $805 million AvSuper has appointed JANA Investment Advisers Pty Ltd as the fund's investment consultant. The appointment follows a benchmarking review of various investment consultants. AVSuper's previous asset consultant was Russell Investment ...

Super SA slashes mgmt and admin fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Super SA has rebranded its allocated pension option to become the Super SA Income Stream and reduced its overall investment management and administration fees. Super SA announced the change yesterday on its website. The option still retains eight investment ...

Easier contributions at HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The $13 billion industry fund HESTA has eased the way for employers to make super contributions following the implementation of the HESTA Super FileManager. According to a June employer report from the fund, the HESTA Super FileManager is an electronic ...

HESTA improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The $13 billion HESTA has improved its income protection and death covers - all without an increase to the premiums charged to members. Currently, members with HESTA's default insurance generally have two units of death cover and two units of income ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... return. Good luck! Perhaps it's better betting on tonight's A$90 million OZ Lotto draw. Yes Virginia, expect another superannuation statement detailing your losses for the 2008/2009 financial year. The good news is that optimism has risen from the abyss ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... liabilities soared last year when the markets reached record lows. The regulator singled out sponsored defined benefit superannuation funds and the fair values of assets within those funds. Further movements in the market could have a material impact ...

ASFA to host Communications forum and awards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Next month, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is hosting a communications forum and awards ceremony recognising the industry's top communication professionals. The ASFA Communications Forum & Awards will be held on 30 July at The ...