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Unlisted still king: MTAA Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Financial crises are stress tests of investment strategies, and the $6.1 billion MTAA Super believes its position is still strong amidst the economic turmoil due to its heavy investments in unlisted assets. MTAA Super, which was awarded SelectingSuper's ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
MTAA Super has been awarded SelectingSuper's Fund of the Year by the Rainmaker Group beating finalists that included other star performers and market innovators HESTA Super, AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being ...

MTAA campaign halves death claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
MTAA Super's suicide death claims fell by 53 per cent since the fund launched its mental health awareness campaign, readthesigns, in 2004. The readthesigns initiative between MTAA Super and Lifeline Australia was launched in 2004 as a result the trustee's ...

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... year at ARIA, where he joined as deputy chief last July. Prior to joining ARIA, he was the deputy executive officer at MTAA Super for 10 years during which time he was awarded Executive of the Year in 2006 by the Fund Executives Association (FEAL). Watson ...

AXA super tops league tables

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... which we actively promote, these form part of our older employer super type products," said Balkos. Meanwhile, the MTAA Super Fund - Balanced rounded off the top five workplace default super funds, returning -2.1 per cent over one year. Military Super ...

Industry super funds spearhead recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
MTAA Super, Westscheme and Cbus Super lead the pack of best performing default investment options for workplace superannuation funds over a three period year to April this year, according to Rainmaker Information data. The latest SelectingSuper data ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... such as infrastructure and direct property have been identified as one of the main reasons why industry super funds, MTAA Super and AustralianSuper have been able to outperform other retail super funds. Proebstl said regulators and super funds should ...

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
MTAA Super has awarded a $450 million mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to run a quantitative, tax-aware Australian equities portfolio. Maurice O'Shannassy, BlackRock managing director, said a tax-conscious portfolio could make a substantial ...

MTAA boosts insurance cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... many members will have access to higher levels of cover under the Automatic Acceptance deal. "In the new arrangements, MTAA Super and MetLife have worked toward addressing the underinsurance problem that pervades the industry," said Michael Delaney ...

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

... alternative assets, which are largely illiquid, barely batted an eyelid in the current turmoil. Alternatives-heavy MTAA Super leads the scoreboard with an average 16.8 per cent return in the year to November 2007. By contrast, more than a dozen corporate ...