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Superannuation

NZ Super pips Aus through intl equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund beats the average return of an Australian super fund by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities.

FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
More than 250 super fund professionals are set to attend this year's Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) Conference, which kicks off next Wednesday and will confront trustees with the question: whose interests are you really serving?

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Social media expert Kim Anderson, formerly from ninemsn and now founder of www.readingroom.com.au, said the benefits of social media are real and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be.

Overseas pensions shine in communications

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Super funds on the hunt for new strategies around advertising or communications should look to their US and European counterparts for inspiration, research shows.

ASFA Awards recognise top comms strategies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
This year super funds created some of the best and brightest communication strategies to come out of the industry in recent years, with the aim of reaching out to members without the super mumbo-jumbo.

LGS spearheads green makeover of old buildings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Local Government Super has installed 1,000 sqm of solar panels on a commercial building it invests in, marking the fifth time that the super fund has completed a sustainability strategy within its direct property portfolio.

ESI Super and SPEC Super confirm merger

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
ESI Super and SPEC Super have agreed to merge and create a $3.4 billion fund.

NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony 'Butts' Butterfield and ex-Queensland State of Origin player, Adrian Vowles, have joined Auscoal Super's business relationship team.

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
The biggest pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has applauded President Barack Obama's new federal financial reform law that holds credit rating agencies more accountable for their ratings and imposes tougher requirements on hedge funds.

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Super funds investments into Australian infrastructure should be a win-win arrangement for both parties - but the current structures and projects remain too risky for institutional mandates, according to Asset Super.