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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 ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australian super funds accused of not 'walking the walk' after the nation's first climate change resolution did not pass, despite voting funds saying they support carbon disclosure. The vote was held at Australian oil and gas company Woodside's annual ...

Bernie Fraser moves on from Cbus and AustralianSuper

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... chairman Bernie Fraser has announced his retirement from the boards of industry superannuation fund giants Cbus and Australian Super. Fraser is leaving on June 30, but remains as chairman on the board of industry fund-owned ME Bank. ME Bank has been ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... multiple board members Anna Booth, chair of Slater & Gordon and director at IFM, and Winsome Hall, chair of Zurich Australian Super and a director of ARIA, were the guest speakers. At the briefing, both Booth and Hall shared their experiences on how ...