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The $10 million sustainable punt

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... $100 million from a range of Australian superannuation providers and overseas institutions. Besides Military Super and WA LGS, other investors were the Australian National University, Pinnacle Superannuation Fund and parent company, Babcock & Brown. ...

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
FuturePlus has appointed the vice president of the Local Government Association of NSW and mayor of Blacktown, Leo Kelly, to chairman. The appointment is part of FuturePlus' rotation policy between its two major shareholders, the Local Government Super ...

FuturePlus new era after Newson exit

Wealth management group FuturePlus is on the hunt for a new chief investment officer after current CIO Terry Newson resigned. Newson joined the group as chief investment officer of FuturePlus arm Chifley Financial Services back in 2005. Prior to working ...

LGSS expands direct property assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
NSW-based industry super fund Local Government Superannuation Scheme has acquired a $41 million Sydney CBD office tower in an effort to bolster its direct property portfolio. Located at 120 Sussex St, the nine-storey building has been renovated to include ...

Instos unite for research

Eight major super funds and fund managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The ...

BlackRock accumulating mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
BlackRock has secured a number of strong mandates already in 2007, including a $470 million mandate from the Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) and an $80m mandate from TASPLAN. LGSS assigned $470 million to BlackRock in the form of an Australian ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme's (LGSS) initiative to follow a strict socially responsible investing (SRI) policy paid off to the tune of more than $6 million, proof you don't have to be bad to be good. The LGSS board calculated that its ...

LGSS appoints Intech in spite of sale plans

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) has appointed Intech Investment Consultants as their external asset consultant, only weeks after industry sources reported that Intech were circulating an information memorandum for the sale of 50 per cent ...