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VicSuper appoints teacher to board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
VicSuper has a new member-representative director on its board. Joining the $15 billion superannuation fund is teacher Antoinette Masiero with experience in fields such as information technology, business analysis, accounting, and auditing - all across ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... fund portfolios classified as "core responsible investment" include Local Government Super ($4.8bn), UniSuper ($1.8bn), VicSuper ($793m), Australian Ethical ($681m) and Christian Super ($642m). Australian Ethical welcomed the RIAA benchmarking report ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... planning to use annuities in 2015 - more than double the level in 2012. Challenger annuities were recently included in VicSuper's launch of the first Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement-style solution, a recommendation by the Financial System ...

Mercer appoints new custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... Management Corporation to State Street in June. At the same time, NAS announced it had retained its custody mandate with VicSuper. In May, NAS also renewed its partnerships with CareSuper and Cooper Investors, dampening industry speculation in late 2014 ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of Australia's top ten industry funds - UniSuper, VicSuper and First State Super - are keen to implement the changes. UniSuper is the country's third largest industry fund by assets ...

VicSuper hires alternative investment specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
VicSuper is joining a wealth of superannuation funds increasing their allocation to alternative assets, and in doing so has appointed a new executive to its investment team. VicSuper recently increased its strategic allocation to alternative assets ...

VicSuper and Challenger launch integrated super retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
VicSuper has answered the Financial System Inquiry's call for superannuation trustees to introduce measures that will potentially protect members' longevity risk and improve efficiency in retirement. In conjunction with investment management firm Challenger ...

NAS loses VFMC, retains VicSuper

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... Asset Servicing (NAS) has confirmed it has renewed its custody mandate with $15 billion profit-for-member super fund VicSuper. The three-year deal extends the 15 year partnership between the two groups. VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said: "We ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

VicSuper launches next-gen admin platform with Bravura

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
VicSuper has released the Sonata wealth management platform in partnership with Bravura Solutions. Implemented over the course of 18 months, the new core administration platform is designed to streamline processing, reconciliation and reporting functionalities ...