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PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... While the industry fund movement was largely born out of the union movement, Atkin had not had any serious involvement in super before moving to STA. However, he found some common threads. "In the union it's all about the members, it's not about shareholders ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Industry super fund members are more satisfied with the financial performance of their funds than members of retail funds, but the gap is closing, according to a new survey released by Roy Morgan. The survey put industry funds in the top five places ...

HESTA and Cbus take AIST top awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... embraced the challenges of today's super funds and demonstrated leadership in taking the industry forward," Garcia said. ESSS Super, MTAA Super, AMIST Super, REST Industry Super, Equip and Christian Super also received awards from AIST.

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... the 2011 ranking to 29, while the other Australian funds in the top 300 are AustralianSuper (54), QSuper (80), First State Super (94), State Super NSW (96), UniSuper (104), Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) (126), REST (142), HESTA (160) ...

State Super appoints head of equities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... State Super has appointed Peter Laity as head of equities, a newly created role. Before joining State Super Laity was at ESSS for 11 years, most recently as head of investments. He is a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry with previous ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Super fund 12 month rolling returns have dipped back below double digits, but at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Super funds delivering 12 month returns of 6.8% are now almost two-thirds higher than their cash term deposit counterparts. SelectingSuper has just reported that the workplace default option index for the 12 months to end August 2012 skyrocketed in ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... 0.3%. While the market average was 3.1%, leading funds delivered almost three times this at 8.6%. The top five Workplace Super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were QSuper with 8.6%, ESSSuper with 6.9%, REI Super with 6.3%, Triple-S with ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... 9%, international fixed interest earned 11% and domestic fixed interest earned a staggering 13%. The top five Workplace Super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were QSuper with 5.0%, AXA Simple Super and AXA Tailored Super both with 3.6% ...