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First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Today marks the official merge date between Health Super and First State Super, creating a $30 billion fund with more than 770,000 members. First State Super (FSS) said the merger has created Australia's third largest super fund. From Health Super's ...

Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... any sales or marketing. It has 13 clients, two of which are new in the last year, and all bar one of which are Australian super funds or other institutions with large super components. "We're very focused, we don't have a lot of clients and we just manage ...

PIMCO appoints insto specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... appointment reflects the on-going growth in our business as we look to sustain our position as a manager of choice for Australian super funds and other investors," said Wilson. Based in Sydney, Frerer will work alongside Wilson, as well as account manager ...

Time for instos to embrace ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... are built for the retail market. While the US and European ETF markets are swamped with institutional flows, Australian super funds and other institutions have been slow to follow suit. Yesterday's ASX institutional ETF conference in Sydney pulled together ...

Diversified pension policy is best: OECD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
National pension policy is a balancing act between adequacy and sustainability, a balancing act that G20 countries are finding increasingly difficult to maintain, reveals a major OECD report. Restoring this balance is forcing countries to adopt policies ...

Industry funds primed for more planning deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... there will be more alliances," said Di Cristoforo. "The landscape has been available to them for a long time. Australian Super has showed the forward strategic thinking to look at this while others have choosen not to recognise the value of experienced ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
High equity weightings in accumulation superannuation are unsuited to retirement funds, presenting a big opportunity to life offices and super funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... cent and HESTA with 7.6 per cent. The top Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were Australian Super with 7.8 per cent, HESTA with 7.6 per cent, Vision Super with 7.5 per cent and CareSuper and HostPlus with 7.2 per cent. The ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... like to more actively liaise with the companies in which we invest on the management of ESG issues," he added. Australian Super recently said that it would work with an external consultant to assess the climate change risk of assets within its investment ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... cent and HESTA with 7.6 per cent. The top Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were Australian Super with 7.8 per cent, HESTA with 7.6 per cent, Vision Super with 7.5 per cent and CareSuper and HostPlus with 7.2 per cent. The ...