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Superannuation

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Telstra Super appointed JANA Investment Advisers as the fund's asset consultant, ending a 15-year relationship with Russell Investments.

Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Mercer took a record 413,000 calls last year from super fund members seeking financial advice, with an 84 per cent jump in queries relating to redundancy payments.

ASFA's goals for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Henry Tax Review, APRA fund returns data and superannuation data exchange number among the top projects for ASFA this year.

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Sean Henaghan, investment director at AMP Capital Investors, said investment decisions were made that resulted in one of AMP's super options ranking among the worst performing default options according to SelectingSuper, but he said the firm will fix ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data.

No mandate terminations: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The $7 billion industry fund Hostplus has no intentions of terminating any of its investment mandates despite the losses it suffered on them last year.

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The snow in London and massive job cuts in the City are causing waves of depression among the English, where one in three fear poor retirement provisions will lead to an early grave.

Cbus invests in direct property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
Cbus pumps much needed funds into direct property following a partnership deal with investment manager DEXUS to develop an office tower in Sydney.

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Corporate master trusts are going back to the negotiating table to cater for clients that have suffered large-scale redundancies due to the market downturn.

Online super reclaims lost accounts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Online super fund, individuum has managed to find the lost super accounts for roughly 20 per cent of its membership.