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Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... portfolio was part of a "comprehensive review" of the fund's overall portfolio, all in a bid to "improve our investment performance". The $1.1 billion super fund planned the restructure late last year but the GFC delayed proceedings. The transition was ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... fund. "Our latest member research showed that almost 50 per cent of our members take an active interest in investment performance," said Proebstl. Hathaway will attend all Investment Committee meetings and also Board meetings as necessary. The role of ...

AustralianSuper wins outsourcing mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... Mianich, director of corporate services at City of Perth, said AustralianSuper was selected due to the fund's investment performance and low fees. "The ability to keep our own defined benefit design and retain the current administrator was very attractive ...

Fin advice satisfaction down: Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... the trust and reliability components of the survey, which was 2 per cent lower in contrast with views of investment performance decreasing by 12 per cent. In April, the Index decreased by 3 points since the last survey conducted in October 2008 to 66.5. ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... surveys and most of our diversifieds are in the top two quartiles, so there's been a marked improvement in investment performance." The firm hired a number of key personnel in November last to improve Intech Investment's performance, he said. These appointments ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Super funds must provide detailed five and 10-year investment performance records in member statements, not just in annual reports, following new government rules. The new measures mean all returns at an investment option or sub plan level need to be ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... which had $8.4 billion in assets under management at September last year, acknowledged that the fund's investment performance may "compare unfavourably to some other funds" which have high asset allocations to unlisted assets. For the past 12 months ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... other undefined funds making up the remaining 19.4 per cent. In a surprise result, RMR found that poor investment performance was the major trigger for only 14 per cent of fund switches.

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... fixed interest - struggled to beat benchmarks set before the credit crisis deepened. This meant that for investment performance, only 17 per cent of AUM met or exceeded benchmark last year. This contrasts the numbers if you look at AMP Capital's performance ...

Contributions, efficiencies still matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... National Press Club in Canberra yesterday that with super savings now being more than $1 trillion, lifting net investment performance by one per cent a year is equivalent to boosting GDP by the same amount. A two per cent lift would be almost equivalent ...