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Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
Catholic Super with 21 per cent, SERF with 19.2 per cent, Westscheme with 18.8 per cent, MTAA with 18.7 per cent and Telstra with 18.2 per cent have claimed the official top five places in the SelectingSuper final results for 2006-07 and helped the ...

ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
ARIA has appointed former MTAA executive and 2006 Fund Executives Association (FEAL) Executive of the Year Paul Watson as deputy chief executive officer of the $17 billion Australian public servant super fund. Commencing on 16 July, Watson arrives after ...

Market volatility, rising AUD hits super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
Volatile stock markets and the surging Australian dollar are taking their toll as super fund returns trim back to just over 10 per cent for the 12 months to end March. The size of the slowdown is significant - just one year ago funds were delivering ...

Statewide launches target return investment option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Top rating public offer super fund Statewide has stepped up its move into long-term strategic investments by launching a target return investment choice. The Statewide Target Return Option invests entirely in infrastructure, property, private equity ...

Time to talk about asset classes: MTAA Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
Rapidly evolving investment attitudes to using risk criteria when assembling portfolios is challenging conservative and out-dated views about how we categorise assets, said Paul Watson, deputy executive director of award winning industry fund MTAA Super. ...

Macquarie Clean Tech Fund raises $120m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
Macquarie Funds Management Group has closed the first stage of its Clean Technology Fund after raising more than $120 million. The Macquarie Clean Technology Fund targets wholesale superannuation funds looking to invest in private equity fund of funds ...

FEAL appoints three new directors

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has appointed three new directors to the board following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. The new directors are Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, Colin McGuinness, chief executive of NGS ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has appointed a leading public servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian ...

First State Super 2006 SelectingSuper Fund of the Year

First State Superannuation Scheme has won the inaugural Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year award among four other finalists. "This has been an historic year for First State Super. We attained public offer status in May, and have gained significant ...

MTAA speeds past $4bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) has just broken through the $4 billion mark in funds under management, with $1 billion tumbling into the coffers in just the last year. The steep ramp up in funds under management ...