Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 451 - 460 of 779 results for "Australian super"

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... and carbon efficient, often in developing nations." Currently Australian Ethical takes the hardest line of any Australian super fund on fossil fuels. Australian Ethical's ability to take such a hard line is largely down to the fact that it is not just ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
The Productivity Commission's suggestion to lift the age pension to 70 years old has received a mixed reaction from financial services industry bodies. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is in favour of raising the preservation age for superannuation ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... don't understand the whole story of that business," Budden explained. Budden said that the emerging trend for Australian super funds to take their investment operations in-house could exasperate the problem, as few will have the necessary analyst coverage ...

CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Bedlam Asset Management has been forced to close following the surprise departure of chief investment officer Ian McCallum. According to a note published on the London-based fund manager's website, McCallum left "without warning" to take up a role in ...

Sunsuper names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Sunsuper has named former National Australia Bank (NAB) executive Scott Hartley as its new chief executive. Hartley takes over the top job at the $25 billion industry fund from previous chief executive Tony Lally. Hartley's most recent role was as executive ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Eaton Vance Management International (EVMI) has appointed former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Australian superannuation funds are overlooking local active international equities managers in favour of their overseas counterparts. According to research by Rainmaker Information, Australian managers have won about $3.2 billion, or around 10%, of ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
A major power shift from intermediaries such as fund managers and investment banks to fiduciaries including Australian superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing ...

Industry Funds Management name change

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Global fund manager Industry Funds Management (IFM) has changed its name to IFM Investors. The organisation was founded over 20 years ago and is owned by 30 major superannuation funds. It invests its $48 billion funds under management on behalf of five ...