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UniSuper appoints legal specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Further developing its insourcing business model, industry fund UniSuper has appointed two executives to lead the advice and finance divisions of its legal services team. Joining UniSuper as head of risk and legal services for finance, operations, technology ...

Former Challenger CEO joins Atrium

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group. In addition to his new role, Cuffe is also chair of UniSuper and not-for-profit adviser and investor education firm Australian Philanthropic Services. His investment blog, Cuffelinks, is ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of Australia's top ten industry funds - UniSuper, VicSuper and First State Super - are keen to implement the changes. UniSuper is the country's third largest industry ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... HostPlus, Fiducian, Aust Ethical, Equip Super and Intrust. The top 5 pension funds by their balanced options were HESTA, UniSuper, Qsuper, Sunsuper, and HOSTPLUS and MTAA Super. While super funds are performing strongly, the Australian private equity ...

NAS retains Cooper Investors custody

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... (State Street refused to comment and BNP denied any interest.) This was followed by news that TWUSUPER, First Super and UniSuper were replacing NAS with BNP for custodial services. Despite this, NAS remains the largest custodian in the country, with ...

AMIST Super reappoints NAS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... review of other options available to AMIST Super. The renewal of the deal with AMIST Super was made public the day after UniSuper ended a 23 year custody relationship with NAS and appointed BNP Paribas. NAS is Australia's largest custodian with $692 ...

BNP becomes UniSuper master custodian

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
BNP Paribas will replace NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) as UniSuper custodian following a tender review process. NAS was UniSuper custodian for 23 years, but Australia's third largest superannuation fund determined that "BNP Paribas was best placed to meet ...

Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... super funds (by MySuper and default options) were VISSF, IOOF Portfolio Service, IOOF Employer Super, CBA Essential and UniSuper while the top five Personal funds (by balanced options) were IOOF Employer Personal Super, IOOF Personal Super, Fiducian ...

Marquee hire for PWC's investment advisory team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... have appointed David St. John, super fund investment counsel to legal super and a former chief investment officer to UniSuper. He will join PwC as an expert adviser to the PWC consulting division's investment team. St. John has spent the majority of ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... screening policy across all of their investment options - mirroring a policy many funds already have on tobacco companies. UniSuper and AMP Capital, meanwhile, introduced a fossil fuel screen for their responsible investment options. However, the divestment ...