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State Street wins QSuper mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Queensland government super fund QSuper has appointed institutional investment provider State Street custodian of its $32bn in assets. The appointment follows a six-month tender process that saw State Street replace incumbent provider NAB Asset Servicing ...

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Infrastructure investors are increasingly attracted to direct structures, signalling a move away from listed vehicles. A survey released by the alternatives investment research group Preqin found that 89% of top 100 infrastructure investors that represent ...

CBA, NAB joins Class Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... weeks," said Rajarshi Ray, Class Super chief executive. SMSFs account for $420 billion, or around 40%, of the Australian super sector. Ray said the addition of CBA and NAB's fully automated feed capabilities to established network of Macquarie, St George ...

Super funds call key challenges

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
The breadth and pace of regulatory change, ongoing cost pressures and lower real yields in traditional asset classes have been identified as the key challenges facing Australian superannuation. A discussion at recent Centre for Investor Education Fund ...

Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Mergers as a result of regulatory changes including SuperStream and MySuper are forcing a rethink in how funds are managed, operated and administered, according to software provider SimCorp. The number of mergers which have occurred in the Australian ...

Earnings on the up for industrials

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
As the reporting season ticked on, outlook for industrial stocks improved, although the performance of superannuation funds continues to be impacted by heavy equity exposure, according to a Deutsche Bank strategist. While industrial companies missed ...

Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Australian superannuation fund inflows into private equity have remained constant despite fears of a lag in interest, with Asian investors also investing in this space, according to speakers at a BNP Paribas event this week. Dr Katherine Woodthorpe ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Curtis said that there really isn't a number that fits. "AustralianSuper has $43 billion and just under 3% of the Australian super market, but we are not huge." Curtis said he recently spoke with the chief operating officer of US pension fund CalPERS ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
In one of the largest single infrastructure investments by a US fund manager, CalSTRS has awarded a $500 million mandate to Australian manager, IFM, to gain exposure to the global infrastructure market. The California State Teachers' Retirement System ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
OnePath's head of technical sales strategy Andrew Lowe will cover the position of national technical manager Graeme Colley following his departure, the company has told Financial Standard. Colley is leaving OnePath after more than 10 years to take up ...