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Superannuation

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Local Government Super has entered an in-principle agreement to offer its members a white label version of MetLife's new suite of retirement products, MetLife Max.

AMP launches new corporate super offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
AMP has launched a new corporate super product aimed at mid-sized employers.

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
MetLife has launched its long-awaited new suite of retirement products, which it has called MetLife Max.

NZ Super sells forestry stake to iwi group

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has sold a 2.5% stake in Kaingaroa Timberlands, New Zealand's largest forestry business, to a collective of six iwi organisations.

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
More than half of all complaints made to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the December quarter related to death and disability insurance claims.

UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
UCA Fund Management will cease to invest directly in companies involved the extraction, refinement and exportation of thermal coal and unconventional oil and gas.

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword notified the fund's board that he would be stepping down after eight years in the role.

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has confirmed that it spent around $9 million on advertising in 2013, despite some media reporting a much higher figure.

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA).

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid.