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Link Super retains LGS admin contract

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has reappointed Link Super as the fund's administration provider after conducting a tender process. Subject to the usual reviews and due diligence, the four-and-a-half year administration agreement will commence July 1 ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed former CFS Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) regional managing director Joanna Davison as a board director. LGS said that Davison, who is currently acting chief executive of Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has said it has become the first Australian superannuation fund to invest in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) $250 million Green Bond. Funds raised through the Green Bond - which was issued on ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has won a $780 million active Australian equities mandate from Local Government Super (LGS). LGS chief investment officer Craig Turnbull said the mandate reflects a move towards more active risk in the portfolio. "Based ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Local Government Super NSW (LGS) has become the first fund in Australia to sign on as a supporter of the 'Investor Statement on Bangladesh,' while also being latest fund to be authorised to offer a MySuper product. LGS has joined over 190 global shareholders ...

LGS appoints new chair

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a former Cowra Shire Council mayor as its new chair. Bruce Millar will replace John Beacroft following his two-year term as chair. Millar is a director and former chair of StateCover Mutual Limited and has ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Industry leader in responsible investment, Local Government Super (LGS) took home the Best Green Super Fund for 2013 at this year's Money Magazine 'Best of the Best' awards. Around half ($3.3 billion) of the Fund's total assets are in responsible investment ...

Hermes launches global quant equities ESG strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... reviewed regularly and can be augmented to specific client requirements. Hermes has worked closely with Local Government Super (LGS), which recently awarded a $90 million mandate towards the strategy, to tailor its exclusion list in line with LGS's own ...

Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... risk-controlled asset management in the emerging field of sustainable investing, according to Omega and Local Government Super (LGS). LGS has awarded an initial $170m mandate to the Sustainable Global Government Bond Fund, to be managed by an investment ...

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... which measure and monitor ESG and carbon characteristics of its portfolios. The research will aid Local Government Super (LGS) in its investment process and aid its obligations to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI). More specifically ...