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AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
AGEST Super has written to some members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after custodian BNP Paribas miscalculated returns. The mistake will cause approximately 5000 balances being revised down and 18,000 revised up. "We ...

StatewideSuper, Local Super complete merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... federal government granted this relief, which allowed StatewideSuper and Local Super to merge from 1 July 2012," he said. AGEST Super recently put its merger with AustralianSuper on hold until after December when the deferral of capital gains tax comes ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
AGEST Super has put its merger with AustralianSuper on hold until after December when a deferral of capital gains tax becomes legislation. The legislation will extend capital gains tax (CGT) rollover relief until 2017 for superannuation funds that will ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... capability, because we have engaged in a number of mergers and transitions." The IBM transfer, together with the planned AGEST Super merger, will take AustralianSuper to more than two million members and $50 billion in members' assets. "We believe in ...

AIST appoints new president

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... the ACT Treasury Investment Advisory Board and chair of the AIST education committee. She is a former chief executive of AGEST and was a member of the AGEST Super Board until April 2011. "Cate's wide and varied experience in superannuation - as well ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... the 12 months were the soon to merge Vision Super with 5.3% and equip super with 4.1%, Perpetual Wealth Focus with 3.9%, AGEST (soon to merge with Australian Super) with 3.2% and CARE Super and Australian Super both with 2.9%.

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... and losses when assets transfer has been named as a roadblock to the approval of a number of mergers, including between AGEST and AustralianSuper, and CareSuper and Asset Super. AGEST has previously released estimates showing a 38 year old female worker ...

AusSuper public sector division results from merger

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
A Public Sector Division of AustralianSuper will cater to AGEST member needs following the merger of the two funds. The division is designed to capture and build on AGEST's position in the provision of targeted services to public sector employees. "This ...

AGEST signs GBST

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Industry super fund AGEST has signed technology provider GBST amid the fund's move to focus on after-tax performance of Australian Equities mandates. GBST will deliver after-tax benchmarking and performance management services for six AGEST mandates. ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Australia's biggest super fund, AustralianSuper, announcing yet another merger, this time with the public sector industry fund AGEST, the question is whether super funds are merging for the benefit of their members or to build financial empires. ...