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Tower wins Master Super contract

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The $554 million Master Super has appointed Tower Australia as its new insurer starting 1 July. Following a recent review, Tower was appointed the new insurer due to an overall reduction in the cost of insurance for members, said the fund in a member ...

Statewide chief to retire

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
Frances Magill, the long-standing chief executive of the $1.7 billion Statewide Superannuation Trust, will retire next month. Magill, who has been at the helm of the South Australian-based fund for 19 years, will officially leave Statewide on 1 July. ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $28 billion AustralianSuper could reap $4 million in savings a year following the fund's increasing shift from active to passive investment mandates. Elana Rubin, chair of the industry fund and a speaker at yesterday's Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Club Plus overhauls Aussie eq

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
The $1.3 billion industry fund Club Plus Super has axed the majority of its Aussie equities investment managers - leaving the fund with just four major managers to take care of a $400 million domestic equities portfolio. Club Plus Super, the industry ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

Admin savings for temporary residents

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Temporary residents are set to boost their super balances following ASIC's announcement to measure their super in a way that will reduce admin costs. According to a media statement by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the move will ...

More pain to come for councils

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
New South Wales councils may suffer more losses from their investments particularly those that have derivatives in their portfolios and not just toxic CDOs, warns an investment academic. Jerry Parwada, associate professor of finance at the University ...

Unlisted valuations on track: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Super funds with unlisted assets can breathe easier knowing that more than 93 per cent of their alternative investment managers are strictly following their valuation policies, according to a survey by Frontier Investment Consulting. Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Go online, get results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
With 13 million online users in Australia and $24 billion spent on the web last year, it's time to make online technology the heart of your super campaign, says a marketing expert. Mike Hill, director of Holler and speaker at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
It's time to buck up as Australian's superannuation industry hovers at the edge of an abyss following the Federal Budget's cuts to super and a preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...