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LGsuper and City Super set merger date

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... that there will be "no retrenchments from either fund as a result of the merger." Meanwhile, chief executive of City Super, Karen Gibson, will take on a senior management role in the new fund. A transitionary board will be established to govern the process ...

First State app gets 11,000 hits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... Since then, the fund has recorded over 11,000 downloads from the iPhone app store and First State Super's website, said Karen Volpato, marketing manager. While 11,000 might seem a small number compared with its 530,000 membership, it is still a positive ...

LGsuper and City Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... June 2011. "LGsuper came to meet with the board of City Super and we discussed the synergies between the two funds," said Karen Gibson, chief executive of City Super. "We've spent quite some time investigating this merger and we've come to the conclusion ...

City Super appoints Gibson as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
The $1.4 billion City Super has appointed former head of ESI Super, Karen Gibson, as chief executive after Ian Prowse resigned. Gibson has been assisting City Super since October 2009 in the role of acting chief executive due to the ill health of the ...

AIA on hiring spree

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... state manager. AIA also renamed its phone-based adviser services team as Adviser Contact Team and hired three consultants. Karen Janes, former underwriting manager - retail at AIA, was appointed head of this team. These appointments comes after Niall ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... positions. "European investors are still dancing the two-step and are reluctant to try out any more adventurous moves," said Karen Olney, Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch head of European equity strategies. "Investors continue to rotate between ...

Gibson appointed interim CEO of City Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The $1 billion City Super has hired former ESI Super chief executive Karen Gibson on a six-month contract to lead the fund, as current chief Ian Prowse recovers from ill health. Prowse is currently on extended sick leave, noted a representative of the ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Partners Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Superannuation) Winner Umberto Mecchi - HOSTPLUS Finalists Kate Thompson - Individuum Karen Volpato - First State Super Sarah Badenoch - Aon Consulting Maria Butera - Cbus Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Investment ...

Fin advisers grow First State

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... transition-to-retirement strategies, based on the succesful take up of an adviser service piloted by First State Super last year. According to Karen Volpato, marketing manager of the $15 billion First State Super, the fund piloted its fee-for-service ...

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Pentafin has appointed US expat Joe Vetto and ex-Challenger operations support manager Karen Chim to its IT team. Joe Vetto, the former co-founder and vice-president of product development for Seattle-based X6 Technologies which is now Minecode, has ...