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APRA approves LUCRF MySuper

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... credited the team that managed the application process. LUCRF, which stands for the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund, was founded in 1978. It has now grown to have more than 184,000 members national with over 15,000 participating employers. ...

Sales approach boosts Sunsuper member uptake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... strongest clients to recommend us through referrals." Industry recognition through recent Fund of the Year and Retirement Fund of the Year awards have brought a spike in new member applications, but Godfrey says that a focus on keeping things simple ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...

Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today. The Fund said it is the first superannuation fund to sign up to the ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Most people surveyed for research released yesterday by Mercer had never heard of the Gillard Government's Stronger Super or MySuper reforms. As the superannuation sector comes to grips with the changes that have overhauled the industry, Mercer's Superannuation ...

AUI makes property team appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Investment manager Australian Unity Investments (AUI) announced today the appointments of Peter Lambden as head of Property and Asset Management and Mark Lumby as head of Property Funds and Retail. AUI made the changes to the Property Funds management ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Super fund returns continued their astounding recovery during December as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed to a 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
California State Teachers Association Retirement System (Calstrs), a $154 billion US pension fund, looks set to pull its investments in gun manufacturers in light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook. California Treasurer and board member Bill ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... to suspend investment of the G Fund to avoid breaching the statutory debt limit," he wrote. The move to suspend retirement fund payments has been taken in the past, he noted. Regardless of the contribution suspension, all the TSP's target date options ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A survey of the world's biggest pension funds and insurance companies has uncovered a reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what ...