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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 ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million mandate to a global fixed interest manager as part of its alternatives strategy. The mandate was awarded to Payden & Rygel (P&R) absolute return strategy, which aims to generate returns of 2% above the 3 month AFMA ...

VicSuper to offer Challenger annuities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
VicSuper has joined forces with Challenger to offer two new annuity products for its retired members. The products, which the fund expects to launch in early 2015, will be backed by Challenger's guaranteed term and lifetime annuities, and are "designed ...

Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... along with Mercer managing director David Anderson. Also present will be Media Super chief executive Graeme Russell and VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon.