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MySuper hurts low balance members: UniSuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Members with very low balances are considerably worse off under the MySuper flat fee rules, according the UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan said that since the MySuper rules did away with member protection, in some cases members ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... body which represents big institutional investors such as AMP Capital, AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT Group, UniSuper, HESTA, Cbus and BlackRock. The letter, which appeared as a full-page advertisement in the Australian Financial Review this ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... the 2014 Investor Statement on Climate Change. Among the signatories were AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT, UniSuper and Catholic Super. Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan also addressed the summit, saying: "We believe that climate change ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... of the biggest investment names in Australia, such as AustralianSuper, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, UniSuper, BT Financial Group, IFM Investors, AMP Capital, HESTA and Cbus. Internationally it included the world's largest fund manager ...

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... already listed companies for expenditure on business expansion in any of these activities." HESTA's decision follows UniSuper's policy of screening fossil fuel investments for its socially responsible investment option. It is so far the only mega fund ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... weakening Australian dollar saw most of the Australian funds fall down the list compared to last year. AustralianSuper and UniSuper were the two exceptions, jumping seven and two places respectively. The highest placed Australian fund was the Future ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... five Workplace super funds (by MySuper and default options) were Telstra Super, CFS FirstChoice, AUSCOAL, Rio Tinto and UniSuper; the top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) were Telstra Super, Rio Tinto, Intrust, IOOF and HOSTPLUS; and the ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... advanced by former prime minister Paul Keating. ASFA also listed under-insurance as a major priority. In its submission, UniSuper likewise stressed the inadequacy of account-based pensions, and supported products that deal with longevity risk. "Deferred ...

Drastically limit number of default funds: Grattan CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... 'MySuper', and the response from them has been, "with the glorious wisdom of hindsight, we missed an opportunity." However, UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan opposed this strategy, saying: "One thing that we would not do is go passive if we did ...

AMP remains top dog on RI mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... Government Super was far and away the top RI super fund, with $7.7 billion in core responsible investments. It was followed by UniSuper ($1.4 billion), Christian Super ($821 million), VicSuper ($700 million) and Australian Ethical ($512 million). RIAA ...