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CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
CommInsure has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). A Commonwealth Bank of Australia spokesperson said the investment team within the insurer is working on implementing the principles into the firm's process now. ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
David St. John, UniSuper chief investment officer has resigned from the $21 billion super fund after eight years at the helm to tend to personal business interests and spend more time with his family. St. John joined UniSuper in May 2001 and assisted ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Perpetual appointed Ganesh Suntharam as joint head of firm's quantitative investments business. This announcement follows the appointment of Vasant Khilnani as Suntharam's co-head of quantitative investments. Both Suntharam and Khilnani were promoted ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Colonial First State is making ESG research one of its top priorities this year. CFS, which is one of the supporters of VicSuper and HESTA's new ESG Research Australia initiative, said it had been actively supporting these issues for a number of years ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The government has introduced new superannuation rules that will address what has long been viewed as discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Macquarie Bank is the latest investment and banking firm to reduce headcount in the wake of the financial crisis with job cuts in its Melbourne and Sydney offices today. It is believed that more than 100 roles in Macquarie Capital were made redundant. ...

New chair for ASFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Greg Healy, director of AMP Corporate Superannuation, as the new Chair of the Board. Healy has been elected to succeed Rosemary Vilgan. Healy was previously Chair of the ASFA Admin and ...

Select funds top Zenith review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Select Asset Management topped Zenith Diversified Sector Review rankings with two funds rated 'highly recommended'. The firm's Select Defensive Portfolio and Select Growth Portfolio rank in the top three in a review that featured 15 other funds. The ...