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Three super funds take responsible investment gong

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... throuighout the market. Under the new program, the three super funds with this certification are Australian Ethical, Local Government Super and Christian Super. Commenting on the announcement, Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon said, "Australians ...

Annuity sales growth drive up Challenger 1H16 profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... First State in August, which introduced Challenger's annuity products on its FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms. Local Government Super, Caresuper and legalsuper followed suit in October.

Parametric announces LGIAsuper mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... firm's centralised portfolio management (CPM) strategy for Australian and international equities. Queensland local government super fund LGIAsuper has appointed Parametric for the tax-managed CPM mandate, involving assets of about $3.5 billion. LGIAsuper ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... flag its concerns about the administration of defined benefit schemes. Vision Super, a $7.5 billion fund for local government and water authority employees, said any move to mandate independent directors on super fund boards could adversely impact the ...

LGsuper rebrands to LGIAsuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Local Government Super Queensland is the latest fund to refresh its brand. The fund is now known as Local Government Investment Australia, a transition that signals a broader strategic direction for the $9 billion public sector fund. The new brand took ...

LGS adds 15 ETFs to member-direct option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Local Government Super has expanded its member-direct investment facility with 15 new exchange-traded funds. This brings the number of available ETFs to 28. Currently LGS uses ETFs from BetaShares, ETFS Metal Securities Australia, iShares, Market Vectors ...

Australian ethical investing continues rise

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... among the five largest super fund portfolios to be classified as "core responsible investment". This included Local Government Super ($4.8bn), UniSuper ($1.8bn), VicSuper ($793m), Australian Ethical ($681m) and Christian Super ($642m).

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... development of up to 60 new social and affordable homes. Horizon Housing has properties and projects across 15 local government areas in Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... financial institutions such as Adelaide Bank, Bendigo Bank, HESTA (coal only), Hunter Hall Investment Management, Local Government Super and UniSuper (partial divestment) A number of Australian family offices and foundations are also in the list, which ...

National Achievement Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... VicSuper and HESTA's Robert Fowler. UniSuper's Steven Leach held off finalists Tony Griffin and Anthony Thow from Local Government Super and LUCRF Super respectively to be named Chief Operating Officer of the Year. In the Chief Financial Officer of the ...