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Lutheran Super appoints CPG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Lutheran Super has hired CPG Research & Advisory as the fund's asset consultant. The deal was signed last month after the super fund hired the asset consultant for two separate projects. "We did a project across a few individual funds and some managers ...

UPDATE: Prime Super drops $14m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Baird singled out debt market and structured product investment opportunities following the advice of the fund's asset consultant, Access Capital Advisers. Editor's note: This is an updated version of an article that appeared on Financial Standard online ...

QSuper seeks investment strategy head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Queensland's largest superannuation fund, the $24 billion QSuper, is on the hunt for a new head of investment strategy. QSuper is looking of a new investment strategy head to assist with the establishment of a new strategy team, and also contribute ...

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Research consultancy group Inalytics is set to build a giant database of transition events that will help super funds compare transition managers based on fees - a comparison tool that has caught the attention of major asset consultants. Inalytics scored ...

Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Investment consultants have two weeks to apply for an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) scholarship worth $6,000. Scholarship winners will participate in IMCA's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) program. The program is ...

Alleron focuses on cash and mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Alleron Investment Management chief executive, Barry Littler is banking on the firm's $5 million in capital reserves and a $1 billion mandate pipeline to see the firm through the financial crisis. Littler said the firm's $5 million capital reserves ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
A key industry body for superannuation funds, ASFA, has introduced a new education course for super fund trustees looking to improve the governance of their investment process. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has teamed up with ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... mandates were terminated following a December review of the fund's cash and FI strategies. "Mercer [Tasplan's asset consultant] decided that State Street probably wasn't true-to-label in some respects to some of their performance, on the global and domestic ...

State Super focuses on risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... structure that enables discussions and debates that come to the board from the advice it receives from the fund's asset consultant. This structure he said collectively allows the board to become "creatively involved" in the overall decision-making process. ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Telstra Super appointed JANA Investment Advisers as the fund's asset consultant, ending a 15-year relationship with Russell Investments. Martin Crowe, Telstra Super chief executive, said the fund decided to explore the market for an asset consultant ...