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08.03.10 - Review of our default investment option
As Australia’s largest industry super fund, we are responsible for managing the retirement savings of over 1.4 million members. So, to make sure that we are doing all we can to provide higher retirement incomes for you, we continually review our products... |
04.03.10 - Quarterly - Member investment update - December 2009
Although the pace of the share market rally both here and overseas slowed in the December quarter, markets generally finished the year at much higher levels than they were in January 2009.
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15.02.10 - AustralianSuper wins $650m MasterSuper tender
AustralianSuper is the successful bidder in one of the largest superannuation tenders ever to come to market – for the 12,500 member, $650 million MasterSuper fund. Read more... |
01.02.10 - Our investment returns to 31 December 2009 are now available
Crediting rates for all AustralianSuper’s investment options for the period to 31 December 2009 are now available.
For the six-month and 12-month periods ended 31 December 2009 AustralianSuper’s investment returns reflect the resurgence of share... |
18.12.09 - Changes to AustralianSuper’s socially responsible investments
On 13 January 2010, AustralianSuper’s investment manager Perpetual will be changing the way it selects investments within the Sustainable Balanced and Australian Sustainable Shares options.
What is changing?
These options will remain socially... |
30.11.09 - Award modernisation update
Award modernisation changes are being made by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to reduce and simplify the Federal and State Awards that currently regulate employment in Australia.
Called ‘Modern Awards’, they may include clauses... |
31.10.09 - Quarterly - Member investment update - September 2009
At the end of March 2009 the world was wondering if the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) had done its worst damage, or if the upturn in share markets was only a short reprieve before further falls.
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26.10.09 - Early access to super and illegal schemes
Early access to super and illegal schemes
Generally you can’t touch your super until you retire. Yet each year many people are caught unaware by illegal schemes which aim to take their money out of super.
Illegal schemes
Organisers of illegal... |
12.10.09 - Member Briefing webcast now live
A webcast of the 2009 Annual Member Briefing is now available.
AustralianSuper Directors and Senior Managers discuss Fund performance, future strategies, and answer member questions.
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01.10.09 - 2009 Annual Report now available
The 2009 Annual Report is now available.
In it, you’ll find our investment performance and financial
statements for the 2008/09 financial year, as well as details of the Fund’s investments, information about our Trustee Board and an update about... |
07.09.09 - AustralianSuper addresses underinsurance with significant improvements for members
AustralianSuper has negotiated significant increases in the level of cover for death, disablement and income protection insurance for our members.
According to AustralianSuper CEO, Ian Silk, as Australia’s population ages, insurance adequacy is... |
26.08.09 - Is this the beginning of the end of the global recession?
Following the first signs of improvement we saw at the end of March, investment markets rallied strongly in the June 2009 quarter.
For the first time since 2007, investors had some good news, with many asset classes reporting positive returns for
the... |
29.07.09 - Investment returns to 30 June 2009 are now available
AustralianSuper’s investment returns for the period to 30 June 2009 are now available and can be viewed here.
The results of a painful financial year
Like superannuation fund members and investors across the world, AustralianSuper members have... |
25.05.09 - Quarterly Member Investment Update – March 2009
While economies across the world were feeling the effects of the global financial crisis, investment markets started to experience some small increases during the quarter ended 31 March 2009.
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13.05.09 - The impacts of the 2009 budget on your super and retirement
The 2009 Federal Budget concentrates on the creation of jobs via large scale infrastructure projects, to ensure that “the effects of this global recession are smaller than the impact borne by other comparable countries".
In addition to the... |