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MTAA withdraws insurance freebies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The $5.5 billion MTAA Superannuation Fund is axing its long-standing "six month rule" on insurance cover for certain members, citing it is "not equitable" to the rest of the fund's membership base. According to a statement on the MTAA website, the fund ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Irish pension scheme assets axed nearly a quarter of its value in 2008 - losing nearly $38 billion to December last year. According to the latest Irish Association of Pension Funds' annual asset allocation survey, the assets of pension schemes in the ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Nearly one third of Australian businesses regard outsourcing as one of their top 10 priorities for the next 12 months - but many are still looking within Australia rather than overseas for outsourcing opportunities, new research show. According to a ...

QSuper seeks investment strategy head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Queensland's largest superannuation fund, the $24 billion QSuper, is on the hunt for a new head of investment strategy. QSuper is looking of a new investment strategy head to assist with the establishment of a new strategy team, and also contribute ...

UPDATE: Prime Super drops $14m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
The $872 million Prime Super has reduced its property mandate with Lend Lease, holding on to a $20 million mandate while withdrawing $14 million to find other investment opportunities. "Prime Super has considered selling secondary units from Lend Lease's ...

Another super buy for Snowball

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Dealer group Snowball has snapped up the corporate super business of Thornton Group - marking the financial services firm's continued buying spree. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement yesterday, Snowball announced it had acquired the corporate ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Emerging markets have become a hot spot for sustainable investing as fund managers with stakes in the sector boast over $428 billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures. According to new research conducted by Mercer ...

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Local investors are dipping their toes back into property market but are opting for well-diversified global property trusts instead of concentrated A-REITs. According to Mick O'Brien, chief executive of Invesco Australia, the firm continues to receive ...

VFMC chief Syd Bone leaves

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Sydney Bone, chief executive officer of the $32 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, has resigned - marking the continued reshuffle of senior management within the investment firm. Bone, who was appointed chief executive of VFMC in 2004 after ...

CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...