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Less claims, more benefits: ANZ Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
ANZ Super has reported a lower than expected number of TPD and death insurance claims, an actuarial investigation found - prompting the fund to lower its premium rates as a reward to its members. The fund's actuary recently completed actuarial investigation ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $2.3 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has overhauled its Australian and international equities portfolios to include the appointment of two new core managers and four satellite managers. According to an investment update on the ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... Just as Australian fund managers turn their attention towards New Zealand as they try to take advantage of Kiwisaver and NZ Super, the land of the long white cloud has dipped into negative economic growth and looks set to fall into recession. "The New ...

NZ Super ends Fisher Funds ties

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... their investment relationship with Fisher Funds Management Limited opting to take this aspect of the portfolio direct. NZ Super appointed Fisher Funds back in December 2003 to manage an active New Zealand equities mandate, benchmarked against a composite ...

Future Fund continues hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... previous Australian country head at Western Asset Management, and Steve Byron, former private equity portfolio manager of NZ Super.

Future Fund on the defense

The $51 billion Future Fund has dipped its toes in the equity and property markets but the bulk of its portfolio remains in cash, the fund's latest investment update reveals. The 31 January update released today shows that 8.8 per cent of the fund's ...

NZ Super in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund posted a negative return over the six-month period to December last year, citing continued global equity market volatility. The fund's full year net return on investments to June 2007 was 14.5 per cent before tax ...

Future Fund appoints property expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has appointed Barry Brakey, co-founder of Pinnacle Property, to investment director of private markets specialising in property. Brakey has extensive experience in superannuation investment into property capital ...

NZ Super Fund defends Myanmar investment

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has come under fire from local non-government organisations (NGOs) for its shareholdings in Total S.A., a French oil company with operations in Myanmar. But the guardians of New Zealand superannuation chief executive ...

NZ managed funds hit A$56 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... March 2007 helped by the NZ Stock Market that returned only 11 per cent. The figures do not include the A$12 billion NZ Super Fund. Despite the momentum of the NZ market, they are still dwarfed by Australia's funds under management that jumped an estimated ...