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Customers rate SMSFs the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The latest Superannuation Satisfaction report from consumer researcher Roy Morgan has found that 75 per cent of SMSF customers are satisfied with their fund returns, compared to just 52 per cent for industry fund customers and 47 per cent for retail ...

MTAA Super strikes back against claims of unhedging

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
MTAA Super has rejected claims it lost $500 million in currency transactions in 2009 and dismissed claims it was unhedged during the depths of the GFC. "The Fund did not have $500 million of losses because of the removal of currency hedges during the ...

APRA super fund grillings set new precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Superannuation regulator APRA interviewing super funds under oath, forcing them to explain investment decisions, should set alarm bells ringing across Australia's investment industry. Advisers to the $6 billion public offer industry fund, MTAA Super ...

MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
MTAA Super has restructured its Australian equities portfolio, awarding close to $800 million of new mandates to three separate fund managers. Ankura Capital has secured a $440 million mandate, while Bennelong Funds Management and Colonial First State ...

Noonan takes ACSI presidency

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Media Super chairman Gerard Noonan has been appointed as the new president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Noonan will be supported by incoming deputy president Trish Donohue, who is executive manager of investments for ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australian super funds accused of not 'walking the walk' after the nation's first climate change resolution did not pass, despite voting funds saying they support carbon disclosure. The vote was held at Australian oil and gas company Woodside's annual ...

Former MilitarySuper chief joins HOSTPLUS

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
HOSTPLUS sharpens focus on product and service development with the appointment of Paul Watson as executive manager, member and consumer choice. Watson is responsible for producing and implementing the $9 billion hospitality and tourism fund's strategic ...

MTAA Super hires former Vic premier

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Former Victorian premier John Brumby has taken on the role as chairman of MTAA Super. The role, which commences April 4, was appointed to Brumby due, in part, to his extensive history in the infrastructure sector, a key part of MTAA Super's investment ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The $5.7 billion MTAA Super Fund is closing its Target Return Option to new money, as part of the fund's plan to align its liquidity policy with best practice guidelines and proposed APRA reforms. MTAA Super said that it will no longer accept members' ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...