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To Scotland we will go

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009

Regnan to appoint new ESG research manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... and CSS), BT Investment Management, Hermes Investment Management Limited, HESTA Super Fund, NSW Local Government Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard, VicSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). These investors collectively invest more than ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Around 50 superannuation trustees completed the inaugural Australian Institute Superannuation Trustees (AIST) environmental, social and governance (ESG) course for super fund trustees. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator ...

LGS trust deed to drive "fair value" payments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The $4.6 billion Local Government Super (LGS) has changed its trust deed - allowing the fund to temporarily suspend striking unit prices - to ensure that exiting members get a correct payout value despite volatile markets. LGS introduced the amended ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... more than 40 per cent, while according to the Rainmaker 2009 group insurance review they are the most widely used superannuation group insurer.

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cuts to superannuation tax concessions are signs of things to come as the government gets on with a program it says will restore fairness to the system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane ...

Cavendish slashes SMSF starting fees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cavendish Superannuation has axed 30 per cent off the establishment fees of new self-managed super funds - easing the cost for financial advisers with clients looking to set up SMSFs. SMSF specialist Cavendish announced that establishment fees for all ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... pushed further away from retirement." Meanwhile, Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said, "Lifting the preservation age does not benefit super consumers, promote growth in the national savings pool ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
AMP recorded around $2 billion in net cashflows to the firm's superannuation and pension business last year and announced a focus on simpler, transparent products in the long term. AMP Financial Services' net cashflows were up $81 million in the first ...

One in six DB funds in trouble: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
APRA has revealed that last year 15.9 per cent of defined benefit (DB) superannuation funds were in an "unsatisfactory financial position" and that things are now likely to be worse. "APRA's survey of all defined benefit and hybrid superannuation funds ...