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Superannuation

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
Maritime Super has launched an online education program called 'the gym', joining the growing number of super funds eager to help their members know more about how to manage their savings.

AustralianSuper posts solid quarter

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
AustralianSuper has posted a solid set of performance numbers across its investment options in the past six months, with all of the fund's pre-mixed options, bar one, beating their respective benchmarks.

ESI and SPEC form Energy Super

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Energy Super is the new name to watch in superannuation after ESI Super and SPEC Super complete their merger in April.

Trustees review fine print

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
The twin themes of super funds gaining more scale and moving more of their investment management in-house will force trustees to add extra layers of governance or risk losing large sums of fund members' money, experts said.

Super contribs to SMSFs down, asset alloc steady

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
SMSF contributions fell by more than 20 per cent in the last quarter - following similar patterns throughout last year, new research shows.

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.

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
New research from the US on hedge funds suggest managers with smarter risk analytics embedded within their investment approach will emerge as this year's mandate winners.

PAS taps board diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
Professional Associations Super practices what it preaches on gender diversity by electing Katherine Kasper as member representative director to its trustee board.

HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
HOSTPLUS turns up the heat on low chef apprenticeship figures and promotes the cooking industry through its own master chef competition.

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
ESI Super and SPEC Super have developed a dedicated Flood Relief Package that offers information and advice to members who have been affected by the floods.