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Superannuation

Qantas Super hunts for member services head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
One of the largest corporate funds in Australia, the $5.5 billion Qantas Superannuation Plan, is on the lookout for a new head of member services.

Norway pension enlists RI researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
The $430 billion Norwegian Government Pension fund has selected European responsible investment house, GES Investment Services, to screen its fixed income and equities portfolios for tobacco and weapons criteria.

NZ Super axes AXA Rosenberg mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
New Zealand's sovereign fund withdrew two long-standing mandates with AXA Rosenberg.

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Super contributions contracted only 5 per cent during the 2008-09 global financial crisis to $112 billion, leaving total contributions still at a high 23 per cent of total national wages or two-and-a-half times the SG rate, according to latest figures ...

Clearing house legislation reaches Parliament

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The government inches closer towards delivering on its election promise to help small businesses by changing the rules around the processing of superannuation contributions.

ESI Super goes public

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The multi-billion dollar ESI Super ushers 2010 as a public offer fund.

Women in Super aids breast cancer research

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Only three months to go before the 2010 Mother's Day Classic, the annual charity walk and run organised by Women in Super to support breast cancer research.

Combined Fund taps more growth assets

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Combined Fund has increased its growth and balanced strategies' exposure to growth assets as markets improve and super funds return to riskier investments.

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Super funds are racing to get the government's rubberstamp on intra-fund advice relief - with AvSuper, Plum and HESTA among those that already offer, or about to offer, the expanded advice service to their members.

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS continues to defy convention by opening a retail shop in Queensland - the first time a non-profit super fund is opening its doors directly to the public and another signal that the Victorian fund is not afraid to expand aggressively outside ...