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Superannuation

QSuper call centre wins top gong

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The $22 billion QSuper's contact centre has been named the top teleservices centre in an industry awards held this month, making it one of the few super funds recognised for call centre excellence.

Telstra Super rolls out phone advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Australia's largest corporate super fund, the $9 billion Telstra Super, has upgraded its financial planning offering by introducing phone-based advice.

Super funds stage comeback

Super funds have clawed back almost 9 per cent of their assets wiped out by the financial crisis last year - staging an astonishing reversal of fortunes in just six months.

HESTA ready for advice boom

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $12 billion HESTA Super fund is ready to roll out intra-fund advice to its members following the Government's new legislative changes - a result achieved through its existing financial advice infrastructure.

MTAA members, rev your engines

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
The $5 billion MTAA Super is going full throttle to support its motoring enthusiast members - it is the official super fund for the V8 Supercars series and is holding competitions for members to get involved in the 2009 championships.

GESB looks to alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The $7.5 billion Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is opening its doors for the first time to unlisted property and other direct asset classes.

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Active Aussie equities managers will continue to win mandates with the $14 billion REST Super as the fund said it was sticking with its active manager core, despite several other big industry funds allocating bigger mandates to passive managers.

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Do you know your TTR from your MER? Apparently not for many Australians who still struggle with basic superannuation terms, new research shows.

IFS adds three super funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has added the Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation, AUST(Q) and CONNECT Super to its client list.

NZ Super takes mandates in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is dropping investment mandates with ING and Smartshares and taking them in-house.