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Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... options, while they screen out holdings in tobacco, armaments and uranium mining, rarely have a policy on fossil fuels. NGS Super, for example, in its Green Shares option (which will be cancelled this month in favour of a more general ethical option) ...

NGS Super snaps up another former EISS exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
NGS Super has appointed Dascia Bennet to the newly-created role of national manager, growth and distribution. Bennet was formerly executive manager, employer and member services at Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS). Her appointment follows ...

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
NGS Super is launching a new socially responsible investment option that will screen out tobacco, armaments and pornography, after its green shares option failed to attract sufficient interest. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball said that ...

Newpin SBB benefits from international legal expertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... children in foster care." The Newpin SBB has attracted investment from private investors and super funds, including NGS Super. It is fully subscribed.

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
NGS Super and the Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF) are the latest funds to be given the green light for MySuper products. The approvals bring the total number of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sanctioned funds to 43 as the financial ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Industry fund NGS Super is currently designing an ethical option that will include environmentally sound investments with other ethical investments such as social benefit bonds (SSBs). "We are taking our current green shares option, and folding that ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Niche industry super fund mergers may have gotten some bad publicity, but they needn't be all bad according to NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball. A recent survey by NGS Super found member satisfaction with the fund was at 84%, following ...

NGS launches 2013 scholarship program

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... 'People's choice' category. Five finalists who have not been chosen by the judging panel as winners will be featured on NGS Super's Facebook page where people can vote for the project that that they like best. "Voting will be open throughout September ...

NGS Super adds three new directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
NGS Super, the industry fund for non-government schools, has appointed three new directors to its board following the fund's February board meeting. Geoff Newcombe, Garry Le Duff both come from the Association of Independent Schools and join as employer ...

Fund house publishes full holdings online

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... achieved top quartile returns since launch with one of the lowest volatility scores in the sector. Earlier this month NGS Super also made detailed investment information available to members online, publishing top holdings and sector breakdowns for each ...