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AGEST chief exec steps down

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
The board of $3.7 billion super fund AGEST is on the hunt for a new chief executive after Michael Seton tendered his resignation to pursue new opportunities. Seton said in a prepared statement issued today that his years at AGEST have been enjoyable ...

FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... investment officer of AustralianSuper, Danielle Press, chief executive of Equipsuper and Michael Seton, chief executive of AGEST. Greg Cooper, chief executive, Australia at Schroders and Peter Gunning, global chief investment officer at Russell Investments ...

IQ Business boosts AGEST tech

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
IQ Business Group has signed the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) to its newly launched Microsoft Solutions Practice. The Sydney-based division, headed by Ragav Jagannathan, supports financial services firms to ensure the ...

Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... Only 10 per cent of industry and government funds were found to have a majority of women trustees, and only four of these - AGEST, First State Super NSW, Southern State Super in SA and the Retirement Fund Board in Tasmania - could be classified as major ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... benchmark returned 37 per cent, according to Rainmaker. State Super, Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST), Health Super Fund, CareSuper all have Australian equities investment mandates with GMO.

Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... the security of retirement planning since Costello brought in Better Super." Sue Dahn, trustee director at ESSSUPER and AGEST agreed, and said the current trustee system is not broken. "It's too frequent that we've seen super being used as political ...

Seton named fund executive of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Michael Seton, chief executive at AGEST, has won the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year. The award, which AMP Capital Investors supports, was presented to Seton for his work in the fund's member services. Seton received ...

AGEST Super upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
AGEST Super has improved the fund's insurance arrangement to members. The latest AGEST Super member newsletter announced that cover levels have been improved for different age groups, members can now transfer existing cover into AGEST Super and members ...

Joy Palmer Foundation established to promote ESG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... also a previous South Australian Chairperson of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and a Board member of AGEST. Statewide Superannuation Trust Chairperson Nick Begakis AM said the foundation was a fitting way to remember Joy Palmer's ...

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... bullish remarks mirror the strategy of super funds such as the $3 billion industry fund for the Australian public sector, AGEST Super which is still allocating investments towards equities instead of cash. According to chief executive Michael Seton ...