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Superannuation

Media Super backs Aussie film industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
'Save your legs!' is a comedy cocktail of cricket and Bollywood music, a new movie backed by Media Super.

AustralianSuper threatens to sue the Future Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
AustralianSuper has threatened to sue the Future Fund over its purchase of a stake in Perth airport, the Australian Financial Review has reported.

Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today.

CFS wins retail fund of the year award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has been named Retail Superannuation Fund of the Year at research house Roy Morgan's 2012 Customer Satisfaction Awards.

AvSuper appoints Perpetual for a $75m equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
AvSuper has appointed Perpetual Investments for a $75 million Australian equities mandate.

HESTA MySuper option gains approval

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
HESTA is the latest fund to be granted approval by the regulator APRA to offer a MySuper product.

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Most people surveyed for research released yesterday by Mercer had never heard of the Gillard Government's Stronger Super or MySuper reforms.

Low risk choice poses high risk on savings: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
About 50 per cent of young Australians choose a superannuation investment labelled "low risk" without knowing what it means and despite the fact that these options might not earn much more than the rate of inflation, according to a poll by AustralianSuper.

CBUS to review custody operations

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Following a major investment review, CBUS will conduct its first open market Request for Proposal (RFP) in 20 years to look for a custody services provider.

MySuper still ontrack despite low license applications

ALEX DUNNIN, LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
The number of superannuation funds applying for a license to run a MySuper product is likely to fall well short of expectations, but rather than suggest MySuper is flawed policy, it highlights how it is fundamentally an internal industry issue rather ...