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UBS and REST join forces for green infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
UBS Global Asset Management is teaming up with the $16 billion industry fund REST in a green energy investment project touted to be behind one of the largest wind farms in the country. Both REST and UBS GAM are buying the Collgar Wind Farm. UBS GAM ...

Gen Y super members paying triple tax

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
What the Gen Y giveth, the tax man taketh away. Super fund REST hopes to help 300,000 of its Gen Y members avoid paying a high 46.5 per cent tax on their super by educating them on those three little words. More than 300,000 members within REST's 18 ...

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Active Aussie equities managers will continue to win mandates with the $14 billion REST Super as the fund said it was sticking with its active manager core, despite several other big industry funds allocating bigger mandates to passive managers. Damian ...

REST deploys $225m in mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
The $14 billion REST Super has appointed a $150 million mandate with Babson Capital Management and $75 million to Putnam Advisory Company. During the June quarter, REST invested $150 million with structured products and distressed debt manager, Babson ...

REST members get $74m boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Members of the $13 billion REST Superannuation received $74 million from the Government through co-contributions in the last financial year. REST, the industry fund for retail employees, said members are generally making the most out of their super ...

REST deploys $300m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
REST Superannuation pours $300 million into the credit markets through two new fund manager mandates. REST invested $150 million in Credit Suisse's Syndicated Loan Fund, while $100 million was deployed into the Stone Tower Offshore Credit Fund during ...

Better service for new members: REST

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
The $13 billion industry fund for the retail sector, REST Super, has launched an upgraded New Member Application Process to improve the fund's initial service to members. Last week, REST announced the new service which was developed to enhance new member ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The $13 billion REST Superannuation fund has made a radical change to its growth and defensive asset allocation split - jumping from 67/33 to today's 78/22 in less than 9 months. According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly ...

Applications open for FEAL CIMA Scholarship

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) is now accepting applications to this year's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Scholarship. Applications for the $6,000 grant close on April 15. The scholarship will provide two fund executives ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) extended the fund's credit exposure by investing $150 million in the Credit Suisse Syndicated Loan fund and $100 million Stone Tower's Offshore Credit fund in December. Damian Hill, REST chief executive ...