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Industry funds to in-house customer experience

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Industry funds are bringing their customer experience capabilities in-house in a bid to compete against the big four banks in social media and data analytics, J.P.Morgan and Deloitte digital experts said. "Industry funds have traditionally outsourced ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... is overheating (growing faster than its potential) and may require monetary tightening." With 30% of Australian superannuation assets, excluding self-managed super funds, invested overseas Amundi's US rates commentary takes on major significance especially ...

NZ Super terminates AMP Capital mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has terminated AMP Capital's New Zealand active equities mandate, effective from 30 October. The value of the mandate was NZ$257.5 million ($228.8 million). AMP Capital was appointed to the mandate in 2003. The decision ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
TAL Superannuation Limited (TASL) has appointed three new independent directors to its board. The company is responsible for the superannuation business of life insurer TAL and it is operated through the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund. Peter ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index fell sharply during September to return 9.0% compared to 11.1% at end July and 10.6% at end June. Three year super fund average annual returns are, however, higher at 11.7% ...

Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Two Cbus employees have been accused of perjury and the fund's culture has been strongly criticised in a submission by the council assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. In his submission, council assisting Jeremy ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... edition of Financial Standard we look at the crisis in group insurance and consider the future of insurance in superannuation. We also look at how the trend towards in-housing might be putting pressure on asset consultants to change strategy and profile ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... 10 years.A TIF has been managed by Hastings Funds Management since July 2000. TIF comprises a group of industry superannuation funds representing nearly two million members, as well as other institutional investors such as insurance companies, family ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some of whom have bolstered their internal investment capabilities. The asset consultant said that too much effort ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... research from Rainmaker reveals the asset class continues to attract only low levels of interest from across the broad superannuation sector with only about $150 billion invested into the asset class. This low level of Australian investment into its ...