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Governance

The incrementalist executive – Kevin O’Sullivan

The timing of Kevin O’Sullivan’s appointment is auspicious. A technocrat, an actuary and a maintainer of outsourced schemes at Russell Investments, he has arrived after most of the work around Stronger Super had been put in place at UniSuper. Well placed to do the assessments around product development, he would appear to be chosen for […]

David RowleyDecember 2, 2013

Investment Strategy

Unisuper to explore DC plus

UniSuper is considering a new type of accumulation fund that sits in between defined contribution and defined benefit. Any such fund would be offered as a choice to members, at its own cost, alongside its current accumulation fund. The option is to be discussed at a strategy meeting in February, based on a proposal based […]

David RowleySeptember 23, 2013

Investment Strategy

UniSuper’s $1.48 billion defined benefit gap

UniSuper considers a $1.48 billion gap between the assets and liabilities in its defined benefit division as meaningless.

I & T NewsDecember 19, 2011

Investment Strategy

UniSuper’s defined benefit dilemma

The liabilities of the $11.3 billion defined benefit division of UniSuper are significantly greater than its assets if all 81,000 members of the scheme sought to withdraw all their money at the same time.

I & T NewsDecember 14, 2011

Investment Strategy

UBS’s Heap faces tough decisions as business expands

Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management in Australia, has some tough decisions to make.

I & T NewsJuly 5, 2011

Investment Strategy

Sisson envisages spending rest of career at Templeton

Andrew Sisson, who sold his Balanced Equity Management to Franklin Resources Inc. on June 21, said he expects to spend the rest of his career at the $735 billion asset manager.

I & T NewsJuly 5, 2011

Investment Strategy

One-in-three Tasmanians get new super administrator

Tasmania’s $3.4 billion Retirement Benefits Fund has made a decision regarding the outsourcing of its member administration, with the chosen provider a big player in the defined benefit superannuation market.

Staff WriterAugust 10, 2009

Administration

Going beyond DB vs DC for the ultimate pension

The turbulence in markets has been a catalyst for some navel gazing in the global pension market, which has the two-fold effect of re-examining pension design and the institutional elements that need to be in place to deliver cost efficiency, according to Keith Ambachtsheer, director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM). “I […]

Staff WriterAugust 5, 2009

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