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Simple advice at GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... salary sacrifice. Fabian Ross, head of wealth management at GESB, said in the statement that, "GESB is one of the first super providers to launch a Simple Advice service to its members and it complements the wide range of free member education, information ...

GFP snaps up Timbercorp assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... Forest Partners (GFP) has signed a contract to buy Timbercorp's forestry assets - outbidding other buyers including First Super-backed consortium, TC Growers. According to a press statement, the business will trade under the name Australian Bluegum Plantations ...

TC Growers closer to buying Timbercorp assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
First Super-backed TC Growers is a step closer to acquiring the failed Timbercorp's forestry assets. According to a media statement released by the consortium, which counts the $1.5 billion timber industry fund First Super and an unnamed international ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... landowners following a 2 July statement that the consortium would be interested in buying Timbercorp's forestry assets. First Super, the $1.5 billion industry super fund for the furniture, pulp, paper and timber industries, is one of the major players ...

Timbercorp buy passes sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.5 billion First Super, which last week entered a consortium to snap up collapsed Timbercorp's forestry assets, will not be in breach of the sole purpose test if the deal was to be finalised, said a superannuation expert. Michael Vrisakis, partner ...

First Super mulls Timbercorp rescue

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
First Super, the $1.5 billion industry super fund for the furniture, pulp, paper and timber industries, has entered a consortium with South Australia-based Penola Pulp Mill and the management of Timbercorp Forestry to discuss the acquisition of Timbercorp's ...

Statewide confirms Bravura deal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... expected to meet Statewide's administrative and reporting requirements. According to Bravura, Statewide will be the first super trust recipient of the solution. "Statewide is the latest client to take up our new platform, following Perpetual who did ...

FIRST Super names chief exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Forestry and furniture employee public super fund, FIRST Super appointed Graeme Russell to chief executive. Both the Pulp & Paper Workers' Superannuation Fund (PPW) and the furniture industry super fund, FIRST, merged into the Timber Industry Superannuation ...

FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Industry superannuation funds FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF are merging on July 1 to form First Super - a new $1.5 billion fund servicing members in the furniture, pulp, paper, and timber industries. The merger will see the $522 million Furniture Industry ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... for being a pioneer in promoting an innovative business approach to sustainability. At the time, VicSuper was the first super fund globally to provide public information on the transparency of its operations, investments and future direction. "We are ...