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Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... added. This year, only two of the top ten funds in the index are Australian, down from four the year before. Local Government Super (LGS), with $7.5 billion under management, topped the ranking and showed that it can calculate its portfolio-wide emissions. ...

Local Government Super names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Following the conclusion of Bruce Miller's two year term, Local Government Super director Craig Peate has been appointed chair of the board. Miller will continue as a director and has taken up the position of deputy chair while Peate brings more than ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Local Government Super (LGS) has reviewed its governance framework and added two members to its investment committee. Bev Durston and Robert Swift are the new committee members and they will assist the fund in monitoring the performance of LGS' investment ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... investors took some major steps towards reducing their own exposure to what has become known as "carbon risk". Local Government Super (LGS) and HESTA became the first multi-billion dollar super funds to introduce a fossil fuel screening policy across ...

Asset consultants urged to get savvy on carbon risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... some more mandates for the A£2.8 ($5.1 billion) fund. Currently the fund has one Australian mandate, from Local Government Super. While insurance companies are the most vulnerable to climate change risk, he said no meetings have been set up with insurance ...

Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... longevity risk without needing to meet the capital requirements of a life insurance company. Earlier this year Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert said Mercer was working with a number of superannuation funds to develop such a product. ...

LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Scott Armstrong as its new Property Portfolio Manager. Armstrong replaces Andrew Kim, who left the fund in September to become head of asset management at Rockwell Capital Partners. Armstrong will be responsible ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Australia as only four funds were found to have exposures greater than 10%: Commonwealth Super Corporation, Local Government Super Scheme, Club Super and the United Technologies Corporation Retirement Plan. The Future Fund Management Agency allocation ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has announced it will be screening out companies that derive the majority of their revenue from coal or tar sands. In the most comprehensive fossil fuel screening policy adopted by a major super fund, LGS has included all ...

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... investment option. It is so far the only mega fund to introduce fossil fuel screening across all its options. Local Government Super, however, is rumoured to be considering a similar policy.