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Superannuation

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Health Super has reviewed its international equities portfolio, cutting three investment mandates being cut and focusing on high conviction strategies.

IFSA calls for super in parental leave

IFSA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) is calling on the government to include superannuation in any parental paid leave scheme after research found Australian mothers typically accumulate much less retirement savings than men.

State Street continues British Airways mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
State Street has won a mandate to continue servicing the British Airways Pension Trustees's £14 (A$23) billion UK pension fund.

Sunsuper restructures advice services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The $14 billion Sunsuper is combining its call and advice centres under one roof to streamline its member services offering - opening the option for more planners to come on board and service its members.

Super assets reach $1.23 trillion

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Another quarter, another $39 billion. The latest APRA figures show that the superannuation industry continues to grow - but some funds have done better than others in the three months to December.

Kiwis confused on retirement investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
A survey found more than half of New Zealanders signed up to the retirement savings product, KiwiSaver, have no idea what they're investing in.

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
AvSuper has unveilled a new conservative growth investment option to especially service members approaching retirement or who are risk averse.

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
NSW-based Local Government Super (LGS) is searching for a sustainability officer to assist in monitoring its investments.

Verity and newfocus unveil marketing benchmarking study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Verity Financial Marketing and newfocus Research have launched a breakthrough study that will attempt to measure effectiveness of super fund marketing campaigns.

AUSCOAL tags health fund and credit union

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The $4.8 billion AUSCOAL Super is teaming up with a mining-focused health fund and credit union to provide expanded services to its members.