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Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
The Putting Members' Interests First superannuation reforms are almost through parliament. The House of Representatives moved to pass the Putting Members' Interests First bill on Monday, making insurance in super opt-in only for under-25s. The bill ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
An $11 billion industry fund will become the first super fund to invest in a low-carbon portfolio designed by AllianceBernstein. NGS Super has invested $170 million in AllianceBernstein's Managed Volatility Equities Fund Green strategy, known as ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... and Energy has certified a $50 billion superannuation fund as Australia's first carbon neutral fund. HESTA is the first super fund to be certified carbon neutral for emissions produced from its operations. Chief executive Debby Blakey said the certification ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... returns for our members, while also positively impacting the environment," Verwey said. "We're thrilled to be the first super fund to fund a peer-to-peer lender that is helping the sustainable energy revolution." Future Super has invested in the National ...

Industry fund appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... appointed to its board as a long-standing director retires after more than 25 years. Robyn Burns has joined the board of First Super. She will replace First Super veteran Allan Stewart who plans to stand down on June 30. Burns works in management at ...

New directors join Frontier Advisors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... benefit of our clients and their beneficiaries." Frontier has four shareholders - AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and FIRST Super - and more than $320 billion in assets under advice.

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... return for single strategies over the 12 months to November 2018 was 2%. The top five performers in this category were First Super, Media Super, NGS Super, Statewide Super and Hostplus. Life cycle products saw a median return of 1%, with the top five ...

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... account. Student Super polled 3, 566 students nationally in October to arrive at the results. It has just launched the first super fund designed specifically for students, after announcing it in March last year. "It was an online survey conducted by ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... for projects. The ACORD award comes on the back of MetLife's re-release of its e-claims platform in August. The first super fund to sign up was Statewide Super, allowing its 140,000 members to lodge and track insurance claims digitally. MetLife is ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... names at the top of the MySuper/Default performance tables when it mattered. In the 12 months to 31 October 2018, the First Super Employer - Balanced option came out on top, returning 8.1%. Next was Media Super - Balanced and Statewide Super - MySuper ...