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Not-for-profit fund buys StatePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
A $54 billion not-for-profit super fund is set to acquire StatePlus from State Super, which it says will create the largest member-owned financial planning network in Australia. First State Super (FSS) and State Super have reached a binding settlement ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... AMP Capital Investors, Mine Wealth + Wellbeing, Christian Super, and the Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund among others. Last month SAF publicly said it is looking to raise more capital and almost double its fund to $300 million - ...

SME owners urged to streamline their retirement exit strategies

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Over the next five years 40% of owners plan to leave their businesses, with 66% planning to use the profits from selling their businesses as their primary source of retirement income. Despite this, only 12% have a documented succession and exit strategy ...

Parametric scores international equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... Parametric to manage a portion of its international equities portfolio. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) will be the first Australian client to adopt Parametric's tax-managed indexing (TMI) strategy. The international ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... cites global reports about asset managers recently divesting from coal, including the California State Teachers Retirement Fund and Allianz. The activist group has also overhauled its Super Switch website which profiles more than 40 superannuation funds ...

AMP Capital appoints multi-asset portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager to its multi-asset group. Darren Beesley joins the asset manager from IAG Asset Management where he was portfolio manager for the asset allocation team. Prior to that, he was with Perpetual as portfolio ...

Industry fund reappoints NAS as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... custody relationship for five years. NAS will provide custodial and investment administrative services to the Guild Retirement Fund which provides superannuation to industries including pharmacy, child care, veterinary and physiotherapy professionals. ...

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... advisor to UBS from 2009 to 2013. She is also a trustee director for The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund and chair of the investment committee; a non-executive director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Kaldor Public Art ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has launched RetireSmart, a new account-based pension product. RetireSmart is an automated retirement income solution based on the "bucket" strategy used by financial planners. Australian Catholic ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
After a search that spanned both Australia and the world, Statewide Super has appointed a National Australia Bank (NAB) general manager as its new chief executive. NAB general manager strategic development Asia, Richard Nunn, will leave the bank in ...