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Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Home grown boutique fund managers Perennial Investment Partners and Hyperion Asset Management have become the latest Aussie signatories of the UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... we've had great access to the political decision makers of the regulator and now we've grown there's a need to be far more active in the political and regulatory space," said AFA chief executive Richard Klipin. Meanwhile the AFA has also appointed Christina ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... estate economist at CB Richard Ellis in Boston. Fred will focus on research and consulting assignments for clients with active Asian real estate requirements.

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Queensland based industry fund, Sunsuper is cutting the fees on all its pension products by 10 basis points to 0.25 per cent, which could save members around $300 a year. The fee reduction, which comes into effect in May, applies to the super fund's ...

Power to the people: Hermes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... pension funds starting to engage with their portfolio companies, working to establish transparency and accountability. This active involvement is essential if we are to emerge from this crisis and avoid another one." HEOS is owned by the British Telecom ...

CSRF supports Catholic Schools Week

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is partnering with Catholic Schools Week in 2009 to help boost super and financial literacy. This year marks the third time CRSF will be supporting the dioceses of New South Wales and ACT in their promotion ...

XPLAN tops planners' list

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
XPLAN has been acknowledged as the tech provider of choice among financial planners for the fourth year running, according to the latest 2008 Investment Trends Planner Technology Report. XPLAN was ranked first among major planning applications including ...

SMSFs get web upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... additional reports and SMSF educational materials. "For advisers that are specialising in SMSFs or planning to do so with a more active advisory style, these facilities are an excellent backbone to their business," he said. There are around 400,000 SMSFs ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... David St. John, UniSuper chief investment officer. According to a press statement from the fund, UniSuper was previously an active member of the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), whose efforts have since been amalgamated into the United Nations Principles ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... According to Bruce Watson, chief executive of AUSCOAL, the new default arrangement means the fund has moved from providing all active members $50,000 default death and total permanent disable cover at a fixed cost, to a life stage cycle-based cover. ...