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OnePath wins LGsuper mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
LGsuper has appointed OnePath Life as the fund's group insurer effective from July 1 this year. The appointment, which represents an increase of more than $20 million to OnePath's annual premium, was the result of a tender process in late 2011 following ...

LGS first fund to sign iqBoard solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... fund to sign up its board governance to the IQ Business Group (IQBG) superannuation community cloud, Local Government Super (LGS) board members can now access Board packs and wider company information through the iPad platform. Replacing all former paper ...

LGS earns sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... for its work in environmental sustainability, due to its efforts in its direct property portfolio. Local Government Super (LGS) earned the award for its work in upgrading six commercial buildings to five star on the Natioanl Australian Built Environment ...

Merged LGsuper fund born today

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Today marks the first official day of LGsuper and City Super as a merged entity. The superannuation funds combined last night to form the third largest super fund in Queensland with $6 billion in funds under management and almost 100,000 members, LGsuper ...

LG Super awards $150m global equity mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a $150 million global equity mandate to Five Oceans Asset Management due, in part, to its responsible investment attitude. LGS said it selected Five Oceans to manage its mandate after it learnt of their awareness ...

LGS sees benefits in clean energy co-operation

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... to invest in the technology," said Swan. According to Craig Turnbull, chief investment officer at Local Government Super (LGS), this would be a welcome initiative. LGS is a keen advocate of clean tech investments but has had to resort to investing in ...

Super merger on track

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Towers Watson has been retained by Queensland funds City Super and LGsuper, which are on course to complete their merger by the end of June. The funds said they have appointed service providers for the merged business and have opted to continue with ...

Merged super funds coy on CEO decision

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
Queensland's LGsuper to retain its name following merger with fellow local government super fund City Super but the chief executive of the combined business is yet to be announced. Despite making key decisions on the structure of the board of directors ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Local Government Super (LGS) and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) join a global energy efficiency of property portfolio benchmarking foundation. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assesses the environmental performance ...

Asset Super mulls merger

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
The chief executive of Asset Super said the fund is open to merger talks and has already been approached by several super funds, ahead of a new three-year strategy that starts this year. "We announced last year that we had five funds approach us directly ...