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Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton has announced plans for a new pension scheme, which takes a leaf out of the Australian superannuation system, as part of her 2008 presidential election campaign. Senator Clinton's American Retirement Accounts (ARA) plan will ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... incorporate timeframes longer than is common in the investment management industry," Donald said. The report comes as Australian super fund trustees are coming under increasing public pressure to take sustainability factors, such as the environment ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... whether you decided to have active or passive management on your international equities," he said. He said with Australian super funds currently hedging 47 per cent against the Aussie dollar, $1.5 billion ended up disappearing with every one per cent ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The third offering from Babcock & Brown's successful Direct Investment Fund range, which invests in global alternative assets, has attracted the attention of several superannuation funds including Military Super and the WA Local Government Super. Following ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Recent spectacular growth has pushed eight Australian superannuation funds into the Global 300 list, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey. Local funds grew at 68 per cent per annum in local currency terms over a three-year period, while US funds grew ...

ASFA awards Who's Who

... 'Rock away with an iPod' campaign Qsuper for the Qsuper website Navigator Australia for their New Employee Kit Australian Super for their rebranding campaign Sunsuper for their 'Member Reattachment' campaign Excellence Award in Member Reporting Communication ...

ASFA changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Pauline Vamos, former principal of Vamos Consulting, has been appointed new chief executive of ASFA, starting early September 2007. ASFA's membership base made up of industry funds, corporate, public sector and retail funds, service providers and individual ...

Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... by master trusts. Over the more important five year period, the top funds were MTAA, SERF, AMIST, Super SA and Australian Super. To view the full SelectingSuper results, please see www.selectingsuper.com.au/PerfTables.html.

Sg CPF increases min member limits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... services such as insurance, including health insurance for some funds, and providing discount home mortgages means Australian super funds are increasingly adopting more CPF type features. Because CPF investments are overwhelmingly held in Singapore government ...

Economic round-up: Raging bull

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... figures on just how many Australians have followed this trend won't be tallied until later this year, but BT and Australian Super already anticipate $1.5 billion and $1 billion respectively in additional super inflows. Private Equity enjoyed a year of ...