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Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... (ANU) caused national outrage when it decided to pull $16 million from resources companies. Since then, Local Government Super (LGS) completely divested from coal, First State Super's socially responsible investment options are fossil fuel free and Future ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... Noonan (Media Super), Trish Donohue (Cbus), Rosemary Vilgan (QSuper), Debby Blakey (HESTA), Bill Hartnett (Local Government Super), Anthony Thow (LUCRF Super), John Livanas (State Super), and Talieh Williams (UniSuper).

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has added an Australian pension scheme to its qualified recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) list after slashing the number of Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... report said. The five largest super fund portfolios classified as "core responsible investment" include Local Government Super ($4.8bn), UniSuper ($1.8bn), VicSuper ($793m), Australian Ethical ($681m) and Christian Super ($642m). Australian Ethical welcomed ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... due in the near future, including at NSW TCorp and Telstra Super among others. A recent review included Local Government Super (LGS) re-appointing J.P. Morgan to provide services such as custody, fund accounting, unit pricing, performance and compliance ...

LGS and Intrust Super appoint J.P. Morgan as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
A rapidly evolving investment climate has formed a major part in both Local Government Super (LGS) and Intrust Super reappointing J.P. Morgan to provide custodial services. LGS chief executive, Peter Lambert, said LGS was seeking a custody partner that ...

Challenger and Link partner to offer super annuities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... business, which includes REST Industry Super, LegalSuper, TWUSuper, CareSuper, HESTA, Hostplus, EISS and Local Government Super in its client-base. As a result of this, super fund trustees administered by AAS will be able to fulfil the FSI recommendation ...

ANZ taps clean investing with green bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
Clean investing gains momentum in Australia as ANZ issues its first green bond and Local Government Super (LGS) joins the global Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC). ANZ's first green bond will fund projects that have positive environmental or ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Local Government Super is reported to be the first super fund in Australia disclosing its voting intentions in advance of investee company shareholder meetings. The super fund's recent move was made in conjunction with the launch of a shareholder voting ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... added. This year, only two of the top ten funds in the index are Australian, down from four the year before. Local Government Super (LGS), with $7.5 billion under management, topped the ranking and showed that it can calculate its portfolio-wide emissions. ...