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ISN to APRA: get on with it

APRA should get on with publishing its 'whole of fund' returns league tables, said the Industry Super Network (ISN). The league tables are needed because there is insufficient independent information available for consumers to help them choose super ...

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... unlikely to follow suit. For instance Greg Sword, chief executive of the $2 billion Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund, said the situation of pension funds in the US are different to those in Australia, because they relied on these agencies to ...

NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has pulled out $100 million of the fund's investments in nine companies including Gazprom, Oil & Natural Gas Corp and Petrobras on the back of a genocide report. The New York State comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Following its latest asset allocation review, the $2.9 billion-plus Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) is set to introduce a "bias to Australian shares" across all its investment options bar one, at the expense of international equities. ...

Maritime Super to manage Teekay fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... March 2009 as a result of the union of two of Australia's longest-running super funds, the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund and the Seafarers Retirement Fund.

Maritime merger saves $1m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... estimates. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the merger between the Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) and Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF) is on schedule and the fund is assessing what efficiencies can be made. He said ...

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
A UK based Barclays Stockbroking survey has found nearly nine out of 10 self invested personal pensioners (SIPP) believe they can outperform a professional pension fund manager. The survey found 89 per cent of SIPP investors opened a SIPP account because ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... worth noting that both are based in Victoria and should not be confused with NSW-based fund, the Catholic Super & Retirement Fund. "In deciding whether to merge, we applied the same test to everything we examine - 'Is this in the best interests of our ...

Super your stimulus package

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... superannuation funds as they encourage members to pour more into super. The $3 billion Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is urging its members to consider swapping the $900 windfall for a much larger handout later on in life. "If you are still ...

Future still belongs to super

Despite record low returns and plummeting consumer confidence in super, the sector is still on track to grow into a multi-trillion dollar savings pool, just at a slower rate than previously estimated. Key research groups have released projections for ...