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FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... uphold the FSC's objections. At the end of Friday's hearing over the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) superannuation Expert Panel, the judges made two orders: first, that Justice Iain Ross's appointment of himself to the panel was invalid ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Westfield Retail Trust's main shareholder, UniSuper, has likened a $70 billion restructure of shopping centre assets to getting the wrong piece of fruit. UniSuper, which holds an 8.5% stake in WRT, has opposed the restructure of assets that are jointly ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... With Frontier and Mercer Investment Consulting among the asset consultants that are backing ESG RA (alongside 15 superannuation funds), it's clear that ESG policies do matter and that ASX-listed companies should take note. There's even one piece of research ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... into our skies", more than a few super funds and investment managers pricked up their ears. Given the appetite of superannuation funds for investable infrastructure, combined with a desire in the community for better roads and other services, Abbott ...

Van Eyk adds SMAs to research platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... United States, Thomas said growth was being supported by favourable trends including demand from the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector and an openness by advisers to hold investments "off platform". Citing a report by the Australian Taxation ...

JANA rejigs team after absorbing MLC IM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... researcher for its property team. The organisation will grow its client services team, following Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) decision to switch asset consultants from Mercer to JANA. Speaking about the challenges in the asset consultancy ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... they saw in the burgeoning financial services sector. The buzz stemmed from the legislated growth offered by the superannuation guarantee. "Even though it was a relatively immature industry that was a big attraction in terms of my career prospects and ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The superannuation sector has welcomed the Queensland government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term ...

Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Qantas Super last January to become Australia's Governor-General. Costello has held number high profile roles in the superannuation industry. He was the inaugural managing director of the Future Fund, chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation ...

Ross signals he will step down from Expert Panel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Iain Ross has told the Financials Services Council (FSC) he will step down from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) superannuation Expert Panel if a new expert member is appointed. Ross, who is president of the FWC, made the statement in response to a request ...