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LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has said it has become the first Australian superannuation fund to invest in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) $250 million Green Bond. Funds raised through the Green Bond - which was issued on ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... enviously eyeing the bounteous superannuation market. Wincensten says managers overseas are "dreaming about" the Australian super system. "It's because it's fully-funded, which means the money is there," said Wincentsen, calling the Australian system ...

Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Australian superannuation fund trustees lack investment experience and must learn to take a hands-off approach to investment decisions if they want to be regarded as having best practice governance, according to Towers Watson global head of investment ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Industry fund BUSSQ is doing a better job of keeping its members satisfied than any other Australian super fund, according to research by Investment Trends. Investment Trends 2013 Member Sentiment & Communications Report found that 83% of BUSSQ members ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) agreed. "An unintended consequence of all of this is if you're an Australian super fund and you want to get into a really high performing overseas private equity or venture capital fund, and you're asking ...

Future Fund legally bound to protect docs in AustralianSuper feud

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... the Victorian Supreme Court which is expected to hear the application between mid-September and mid-October. Australian Super would not make a comment over the confidential nature of the documents, however in a release last week it said it was pursuing ...

Super behemoths set to lock horns in Supreme Court

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... from the nation's largest industry superannuation fund. "The Future Fund denies that it has any liability to Australian Super in relation to the acquisition by the Future Fund of the PADG shareholding and will vigorously defend any claim for relief should ...

Future Fund denies wrongdoing in Perth Airport deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... disappointment that AustralianSuper is taking legal action. "The Future Fund denies that it has any liability to Australian Super in relation to the acquisition by the Future Fund of the PADG shareholding and will vigorously defend any claim for relief ...

Medical charges put pressure on retiree living costs

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Significant price rises for medical and hospital services have led to a modest increase in the cost of living for retirees according to the latest Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. The figured for the June ...

Energy Super CEO named fund executive of the year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Energy Super chief executive Robyn Petrou has been named fund executive of the year in the 12th Annual Fund Executive of the Year Award at an event at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne. The accolade, awarded by the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) ...