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Superannuation

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) awarded Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and BlackRock Investment Management a $100 million mandate each to capture short-term equity market opportunities.

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
More than 45 per cent of major US pension funds and endowments are reviewing their securities lending programs after a number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year.

HOSTPLUS tackles Qld with Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Industry super fund, HOSTPLUS is using its sponsorship of the successful Melbourne Storm rugby league club to assist its membership drive into the Queensland superannuation market.

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
A YouTube ad, an email blast and an annual report that morphs with the member's age were among the winning entries at this year's ASFA Communications Awards held in Sydney last night.

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The $3 billion government superannuation fund AGEST Super is tightening its purse strings on new mandates and has quadrupled its cash option to $400 million in less than nine months.

Plum cuts missing TFNs by 11pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Plum Financial Services' tax file number (TFN) campaign has proven successful, cutting the number of outstanding TFNs among its active members by 11 per cent to less than one per cent.

Shift ad budget for Gen Y: Williams

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Super funds must revamp their marketing strategy and reallocate funding from traditional marketing media and focus on online content to better communicate with Generation Y, according to digital marketing expert, Jenny Williams.

Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
What do ARIA, First State Super and Plum have in common? They all bagged the top awards at last year's ASFA Communication Awards, and will soon pass the baton to this year's shortlist, to be revealed tomorrow.

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Members Equity Bank is to be subjected to a strategic review of its direction by its four largest industry fund shareholders.

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $2.3 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has overhauled its Australian and international equities portfolios to include the appointment of two new core managers and four satellite managers.