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CSC awards Challenger $250 million mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has awarded a $250 million mandate to investment management giant Challenger Limited, it has been confirmed. The mandate was the first to be signed to Challenger's "Relative Value Debt Strategy" (RVDS) which ...

AustralianSuper granted MySuper license

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
AustralianSuper, the nation's largest not-for-profit superannuation fund, has become the latest fund to be granted its MySuper license. AustralianSuper is following the path of many other super funds, rebadging its existing balanced option. The MySuper ...

Liquidity concerns push CSC to change target allocation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Commonwealth Super Corporation (CSC), trustee for the Public Sector Super Scheme, has made changes to its default option in response to the Stronger Super reforms that require improved operational risk reserves. The CSC made the changes to lift its ...

Cbus grows internal investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Cbus has appointed Grant Harrison investment manager of private markets. In the newly created role he will be responsible for the design, oversight and management of Cbus' private markets exposure, which includes property and infrastructure. A 20-year ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
REST Industry Super (REST) has become the latest fund to receive a MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund will offer members a MySuper option, that includes a single diversified investment option ...

CSC launches retirement income pension

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has launched an account-based retirement income product. To be known as the CSCri, the new product enables Public Sector Superannuation accumulation plan (PSSap) members a transition to retirement scheme ...

Only 13 MySuper products so far authorised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
The 1 July launch date of MySuper is just three months away and only 13 MySuper products have so far been authorised. The 13 products are those offered by AvSuper, Combined Fund, the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, HESTA Super, LUCRF, Media ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Fees paid by super fund members are falling but not because fund prices are falling, it's because of the dampening effect of self-managed super funds and higher balance members qualifying for discounts. The results are contained in the latest Rainmaker ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Poor returns due to the GFC has resulted in the ACT government's superannuation provision fund suffering a $450 million investment income shortfall over the past five years. The fund, now estimated to hold $2.2 billion in FUM, was established in 1997 ...