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Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
The Tasmanian Treasury will soon start the search for an insurer to take over the mandates of two small public sector superannuation funds. The State Fire Commission Superannuation Scheme (SFCSS) and the Tasmanian Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme ...

J.P. Morgan loses custody contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
A $34 billion public sector fund has appointed a new custodian, ending a 19 year-long relationship with J.P. Morgan. Funds SA has selected Northern Trust as its custodian, after a long tender process. In September last year, Funds SA said it had invited ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
After more than 96 years as a recognised industry association, members of the Superannuated Commonwealth Officers of Australia have come together for the last time. About 100 of the industry body's remaining members attended its final meeting - a special ...

ASIC names new default super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
The corporate regulator has named the superannuation fund its employees will now be defaulted into. From July 1, new employees of ASIC who do not nominate a superannuation fund will be defaulted into AustralianSuper. From that time, ASIC will employ ...

ASIC seeks new default super partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
ASIC is on the hunt for a new default superannuation fund for employees but smaller funds need not bother applying. In tender documents the corporate regulator specified it will only consider bids made by super funds with at least $10 billion in assets ...

Future Fund investment specialist joins Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
A Future Fund private equity investment director has joined Funds SA in a role that opened up in October. Cameron Sinclair joined Funds SA as the director of growth alternatives, a role where he responsible for more than $3 billion in assets. Sinclair ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... of funds under management, and that is something that will not go back. And when you put us together with public sector super funds, it represents a massive opportunity for Australia to invest intelligently and to work towards securing retirement savings ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Custody contract up for grabs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
A $32 billion public sector fund manager's custody contract has come up for tender as it reviews the market for the best fit. Funds SA has appointed Mercer Sentinel to advise on the tender process. The manager has invited seven custodians to submit ...