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Catholic Super awards $90 million to US microcap fund

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has awarded a United States microcap equities fund with $90 million. The institutional award is the first investment to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant (THB) US Micro Cap Fund. THB is a US-based fund manager with over ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has called for superannuation default funds to remain within the modern awards system. In its second-round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) the employer group, which represents more than 6000 businesses ...

HESTA CEO to depart fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... 350,000 members to $29 billion and over 785,000 members with staff growth from 15 to 118. The Fund has won numerous industry awards and is currently Selecting Super's Super Fund of the Year.

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The nominees for the Australian Hedge Fund Awards 2014 have been announced. The winners will be revealed on Thursday 18 September at The Westin Hotel in Sydney, with an after party featuring live music at The Vault Hotel on Pitt Street. In the Australian ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... whistleblowers, in the US regulators actually have a formal executive office dedicated to supporting them and even bestow awards on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the recipient of a US$300,000 Whistleblower ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... Services Australia (Zurich) have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. The Adviser of the Year honour was first awarded in 2003, as a joint initiative between the AFA and Zurich. This year marks ...

JANA awards mandate to Loomis Sayles

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
JANA has awarded a mandate to Boston-based investment manager Loomis, Sayles & Company. The mandate is the first in this market to be allocated to the Loomis Sayles' Global Disciplined Alpha (GDA) strategy, the fund manager's Australian distributor ...

New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... funds," Whiteley said. His comments come as the industry and government are deliberating the appropriateness of the modern awards system, with bank-owned funds claiming the system for selecting default funds stifles competition. "Bank-owned super funds ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The campaign to keep super in awards suffered another setback on Thursday when the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) renewed calls for an end to the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default funds. The call, made at the ...