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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 ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Superannuation Funds of Australia and London's FTSE Group. The index provides the first standardised measure for Australian super fund after-tax reporting. The new index is an expansion of the FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series which also provides industry-standard ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. Sustained high oil prices potentially affect the holdings of Australian super funds. Light, sweet Libyan crude is mostly exported to Europe, but Bruce Robinson, convenor of the Australian Association for ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Submissions close at 5pm today on draft laws the Federal Government claims will encourage foreign companies to set up headquarters in Australia. The reforms affect the Controlled Foreign Company and Foreign Accumulation Fund rules. Industry commentators ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

Developed markets enjoy strong inflows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... consecutive months. Super funds have reacted to the change of mood by increasing allocations to international equities. Australian Super, the largest industry super fund with over $34 billion of FUM, allocates 23 per cent of its overall portfolio to ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

QIC creates new role of MD Insto Business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Former Perennial Investment Partners business development executive Cliff Smith has joined fund manager QIC as managing director of institutional business. In the newly created role, Smith will be responsible for developing relationships with major ...