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CBA ramps up blockchain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... institutional investors backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The $47 billion industry fund has taken a direct stake in a UK ports company in which First State Super also holds a share. The investment in Forth Ports is Cbus' first direct offshore investment in infrastructure. It takes Cbus' infrastructure ...

JCP appoints executive chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... in assets from June 2015 to April 2017. Prior to this, he was in a similar role with SAS Trustee Corporation (NSW State Super) until its merger with TCorp in June 2015. He spent 19 years at AMP Capital Investors, including as the chief investment officer ...

LIC invests in crypto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... backed a blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank, deemed to be the world's first. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... financial implications of climate change on their investment portfolios. Some provide no such information at all. First State Super is the highest ranking Australian fund, receiving a BBB-rating and ranking 13th in the world. It is also the highest ranking ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... from AAA to D, with an X-rating reserved for those funds showing no evidence of acting on climate change risks. First State Super is the highest ranking Australian fund, receiving a BBB-rating and ranking 13th in the world. It is also the highest ranking ...

TCorp restructure nears completion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... at the end of August. Laity was in the role for more than three years and prior to this he was head of equities at State Super. Before his two years at State Super, Laity was head of investments at ESSSuper for 11 years. The New South Wales investment ...

Industry fund recognised for data security expertise

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... winning a multi-billion dollar bid to operate Victoria's land titles and registry business for the next 40 years. First State Super will pay the Victorian Government $2.86 billion to establish Victorian Land Registry Services (VLRS), a move which further ...

Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... when the new pricing structure was introduced. In 2016, the trustee of First State Superannuation Scheme acquired State Super Financial Services Australia Limited - the trustee of StatePlus Super. Following a review of StatePlus' business practices ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... investors have backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors ...