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State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
State Super has awarded Franklin Templeton a $39.2 million global direct property mandate in line with the super fund's strategy to invest in more overseas assets. Martin Drew, State Super chief investment officer, said the mandate is not a typical ...

REST and First State Super seed St Hilliers No. 4

... staged its largest equity raising this week thanks to a $200 million cash injection from super funds REST and First State Super. The Sydney-based company, ranked 95th in the BRW list of Top 500 Private Companies and recipient of several property awards ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
QIC has appointed management consultant Bradley Bowton and former State Super chief executive, Lyn Gearing, to its board. Bowton is one of the founding directors of management consultancy CACE Partners. Prior to establishing CACE Partners, Bowton worked ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... and Australia. Investors should brace themselves for a more realistic 8 per cent return this year, he said. First State Super chief investment officer Mark Sainsbury said variable inflation will also make investors less certain about true bond rates ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
State Super has appointed former Paul Keating adviser and BNY Mellon strategist, Don Russell, chairperson on its board. Russell replaces Michael Cole after he was directed to review the financial exposures of local councils. Previously, Russell worked ...

Future Fund on the defense

... "defensively positioned" with 74.8 per cent or $37.85 billion in cash - the same size as the country's largest super fund, State Super NSW. Besides the $51 billion treasure chest, the fund also holds 2.05 billion Telstra shares which are subject to escrow ...

Kofoed leaves QSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... fund after four years in the position. Kofoed has been appointed chief executive at Victorian Emergency Services and State Super fund (ESSSuper) beginning in March this year. Under Kofoed's direction, QSuper introduced various product and service enhancements ...

INGIM appoints fixed income head

... implementation, risk control and monitoring across all of DeAM's domestic fixed income portfolios. He also spent 12 years at State Super, where he held roles as a financial analyst and as a portfolio manager responsible for short-term and fixed income ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
First State Super has lifted its insurance offering, with levels of cover jumping by as much as two-thirds in some risk categories. The changes will particularly benefit members aged over 40, who make up a significant proportion of the membership. Michael ...

Big boys leaving Australian property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... marketing at Cohen and Steers Capital Management, Steve Dunn, cited the example of the company's recent $110 million State Super mandate, which demanded only an 11 per cent weighting to local property. "I think it was just their preference in the way ...