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Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Towers Watson has been appointed as the asset consultant to a public sector fund's investment portfolio after a tender process. WA Super chief executive John McNally said the $2.5 billion fund chose Towers Watson to provide investment consulting "given ...

Retail funds get behind campaign to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Retail superannuation funds have entered industry fund territory and admitted that high super fees need to be lowered. The Financial Services Council (FSC), which represents the retail side of the superannuation industry, has stated that "superannuation ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
SelectingSuper has released its final MySuper performance index for 2014/15 confirming that while fund returns dipped below double digit to 9.5% due the 4% fall in equity markets in June, three and five year returns are approaching record high levels. ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) chief executive Steven Knight has stepped down from his role weeks after it amalgamated its funds management activities with State Super. Knight confirmed to Financial Standard that he is retiring from his executive ...

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... governance change to superannuation fund trustee boards has the backing of LGsuper. In 2013 the Queensland-based public sector fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent directors. ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) has become one of Australia's top 10 asset managers after State Super outsourced its funds management activities to the now $70 billion investment giant. This is the latest phase of an amalgamation process that started ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

IFS Insurance Solutions MD appointed at CommInsure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
IFS Insurance Solutions managing director has been appointed head of industry and public sector funds, wholesale life insurance at CommInsure. Robert Nunez will join CommInsure in early 2015 and will be focusing on addressing "the key drivers and issues ...

QSuper appoints Decimal as advice platform provider

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... servicing financial planners, accountants, stockbrokers and institutional investors. QSuper is the Queensland public sector fund with $53 billion in funds under management and half a million members.

Retail fund members most unsatisfied: Roy Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Retail funds continue to underperform industry funds when it comes to member satisfaction, but the gap is closing, according to the latest Roy Morgan research. The research found that 55.8% of industry fund members were satisfied with their fund's financial ...