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More calls about super: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Russell's member services team has witnessed a 140 per cent surge in general phone enquiries by concerned super fund members - indicating that while the GFC might be over, members are still anxious about their funds. Justine de Mestre, senior manager ...

ASFA elects new chair, board members

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Tony Lally, head of Sunsuper, has been elected as the new ASFA Chair, replacing former chair Greg Healy. Lally, who joined the ASFA board in mid-2008, replaces Healy, who stood down after relocating to Singapore earlier this year. Several new ASFA Board ...

EISS appoints Mercer as consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The $2 billion plus NSW-based Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has appointed Mercer as its new asset consultant. According to an October newsletter of EISS, which caters to employees working in the energy industry in New South Wales, Mercer was ...

Under 30s shine in Future Leaders Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Julia Feher from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) won this year's IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards for her paper recommending a "pay for use" financial planning business model. The IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards program ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... commitment to the Australian market. Doman said on Wednesday that he wanted to put to rest questions about US-based Russell Investment's commitment to the Australian market, and said he intended to grow the Australian business. "There were some questions ...

Dimensional wins Russell mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Russell Investments has selected Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a 10 per cent mandate within the Russell Australian Shares Fund. Recently released research from Russell Investments reconfirmed that a mild bias to value shares in a core Australian ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched an Australian dollar-hedged global listed infrastructure fund, ahead of the predicted US$40 trillion of government and private money to go into infrastructure investments around the world in the next 20 years. The new ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
An industry association has questioned why super funds provide a range of investments options after a survey found less than 6.5 per cent of members switched funds in the past three years. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey ...

Russell OpenWorld targets insto investors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched its OpenWorldA(R) fund range which will for the first time give Australian wholesale investors access to some of Russell's boutique fund managers on a single manager basis. Globally the new range offers investment professionals ...

Revamp member education: Ezra

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Super fund member education needs to be overhauled and focus on basic financial concepts instead of investment theories, said Don Ezra, co-chair, global consulting at Russell Investments. Ezra said pension funds across the world are teaching their members ...