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Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
First State Super will be the first of Pillar Administration's clients to roll out a full migration to superannuation and investment software program Acurity. Yesterday Financial Synergy said it would implement Acurity across Pillar Administration's ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... the divestment as just an ethical or moral judgment, there is an investment rationale behind it," she said. First State Super is another fund that has reportedly divested from Transfield, but it refused to comment on the issue. QIC, one of Transfield's ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
First State Super has hinted at further investment in Australia's agriculture industry after purchasing a major stake in almond orchards, the country's highest grossing horticultural export. Yesterday Select Harvests Limited (SHV) announced to the Australian ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... problems that we were facing at the time," Wills explains. His first job in asset management was with New South Wales State Super, the superannuation scheme for NSW government workers. "I learned to do basically what I do now. I ran a balanced portfolio ...

SSFS meets client demand for phone advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) developed its Wollongong-based "client hub" to deliver over-the-phone financial advice based on client research, according to SSFS general manager, financial planning Sean Bradley. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

Advice licensee uses tech to bypass paraplanning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has partnered with a technology provider to add efficiency to the advice process and bypass paraplanning completely. SSFS managing director, Michael Monaghan, said the company is pursuing a growth strategy that ...

LUCRF investment head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... on his current position in May, having joined the fund from an infrastructure and property consulting role at First State Super. Prior to that, he was chief investment officer at State Super. He has also held roles at Superannuation Trust of Australia ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... executive Steven Knight has stepped down from his role weeks after it amalgamated its funds management activities with State Super. Knight confirmed to Financial Standard that he is retiring from his executive career and will be seeking non-executive ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Easson is currently chair of Icon Water, ActewAGL and EG Funds Management. He was a former non-executive director of State Super, Asset Super, and Chifley Financial Services. Over the years, he has served on several Productivity Commission Panels and ...

Member engagement a danger to super savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... real risk now is that we're entering a repressed return environment and people will continue to over reach." First State Super chief digital officer Mary Murphy also commented on super fund member engagement and said that the super industry can "get ...