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LGsuper and City Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... one fund for all government employees across Queensland, according to a joint statement. Both funds have closed defined benefit funds that would remain separate following a merger. City Super is the super fund for Brisbane City Council employees, and ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Former Ernst & Young partner, Jules Gribble, has joined ASFA as senior adviser - policy strategy. "Jules is an actuary and has 25 years experience as a consultant, adding an extra dimension to ASFA's policy and research team. Jules also has a keen interest ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. Michael Dundon, chief executive of ESSSuper, said Towers Watson was appointed following a tender process that ...

Telstra boosts insurance portability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... that cover also being applied within Telstra Super. The transfer arrangements are available to accumulation and defined benefit members across both employer-sponsored and personal divisions.

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... because it collected $115 billion of tax revenue in 2007. Bearing in mind that the US pension system (predominantly defined benefit) is markedly different to the local situation for private and public sector workers (mainly defined accumulation), the ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... in corporate pension business with assets under administration in excess of KRW 3 trillion, mostly sourced from defined benefit pension plans. It also shows the banking sector as having the greatest market share of 49 per cent or KRW 6.8 trillion, followed ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... financial position improves. Qantas Super's funding plan was established last April to boost the coffers of its defined benefit divisions over three years, following poor financial market performance due to the GFC. Since then, the actuary of Qantas ...

UniSuper reviews illiquidity risk

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... infrastructure. In addition to illiquidity risk, the fund has also been reviewing the risk management around its $9 billion defined benefit portfolio and diversification strategies, said Pearce.

Russell wins OneSteel mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... manager human resources and organisational effectiveness at OneSteel, said Russell's long history in dealing with defined benefit funds and global investment expertise were the main reasons Russell won the mandate. "We have a focus on tailored solutions ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... do with how much 'defined benefits' (fixed payments come retirement) factor in the balance sheet. This is why defined benefit-driven pension funds like France, Germany and Japan invests a large part of their portfolio in bonds while defined contributions ...