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Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... infrastructure assets is indicative of the failure of Australian governments to structure deals in a way suitable for local super funds. Nick Greiner, chairman of Infrastructure NSW, said yesterday that although a lower cost of capital for Canadian funds ...

StatewideSuper, Local Super complete merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
StatewideSuper and Local Super have merged, creating a $4bn superannuation fund, based in South Australia and the Northern Territory. The merger was enabled by planned federal government capital gains tax relief measures, said Pauline Vamos, Association ...

GMO shuts Aus equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Boston-based fund manager GMO has shut down its Australian equities strategy. Despite confirming the closure, the fund manager is giving no further comment at this stage on the rationale behind the decision. Rainmaker research puts funds under management ...

Statewide and Local enter merger due diligence

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The merger between StatewideSuper and Local Super is moving to the next stage after receiving in principle approval from the major shareholders of both funds. Chair of StatewideSuper, Nicholas Begakis, and Local Super chair, Juliet Brown, said the proposed ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... options) over the 12 months with 7.7% returns, followed by Triple-S (SA), Catholic Super and Vision Super all on 6% and Local Super (SA) with 5.9%. Vision Super topped the Personal super funds (by balanced options) list over the 12 months with 6%, LUCRF ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Workplace Super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were ANZ Staff Super with 10.3%, Health Super with 9.4%, Local Super (SA) with 8.1%, and both Recruitment Super and Accountants Super with 7.6%. The top Personal super funds (by balanced options) ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... months to be Health Super with 13.1%, Catholic Super with 11.7%, WA Local Govt Super with 10.9%, VISSF with 10.8% and Local Super with 10.7%. The top Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months to May were WA Local Govt Super with 10.9% ...

StatewideSuper to merge with Local Super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Industry fund StatewideSuper is to merge with smaller fund Local Super in a deal that would create a $4 billion entity, covering 160,000 members of the state's work force. Statewide Super, which has about 90 employees, 135,000 members and $2.4 billion ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Local super funds, institutional and retail investors are buzzing around offshore property thanks to the strong Australian currency and dismal property values overseas, according to AXA Real Estate head. In the group's latest global property report ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... funds (by default options) over the 12 months were Health Super with 8.7 per cent, Catholic Super with 8.2 per cent, Local Super with 8.0 per cent, CBA Officers with 7.8 per cent and HESTA with 7.6 per cent. The top Personal super funds (by balanced ...