From time to time, GESB prepares media statements to highlight GESB's performance and how GESB interprets and implements industry changes. You can read the media releases prepared in 2010:

• New employer directors appointed to GESB Board
  25 November 2010
  John Langoulant and Scott Ellis have been appointed as Employer Directors to the Board of GESB, the largest WA-based super provider.
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• GESB announces Buzz Dance Theatre Regional Sponsorship
  18 October 2010
  GESB, the largest WA-based super provider, has signed a one year sponsorship with the Buzz Dance Theatre to support its workshop series in regional Western Australia
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• GESB wins prestigious national member communications award
  26July 2010
  GESB, the largest WA-based super provider, has won a major award at the 2010 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Communications Awards, held in Melbourne this week.
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• Funds can hold reserves and still be low cost says GESB
  8July 2010
  GESB has come out in support of the Cooper Review's recommendation on new capital requirements for superannuation trustees and administrators.
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• GESB responds to the final report of the super system review
  5 July 2010
  Cooper Review could do more to encourage member education says GESB
  Michele Dolin, CEO of GESB said, "We welcome today's publication of the Cooper Review, which recommends a number of vital and long-awaited recommendations for the super industry".
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• GESB urges Australians to get advice on self-managed super funds
  14 June 2010
  Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) are an appropriate retirement investment vehicle for many people, but as their popularity endures, GESB is urging Australians to seek advice to ensure this type of fund is suitable for their personal circumstances¹.
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• GESB appoints two investment strategists
  21 May 2010
  GESB, the largest WA-based super provider, has announced the recent appointments of Kate Budiselik and Edwin Schultz as Investment Strategists and part of the investment team managing GESB's $10.4 billion investment portfolio.
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• Only 16% of Australians actively managing their super
  17 May 2010
  According to national research commissioned by GESB, WA's largest local super provider, around 16% of Australians are actively involved in the management of their super.
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• Goverment policy decision on superannuation
  15 April 2010
  The State Government today announced a revised policy approach by the Government to the reform of Public Sector superannuation in WA.
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• Australians confused about the cost and value of financial advice says GESB
  18 March 2010
  GESB says that commissions have hidden the cost of advice to consumers for so long that Australians have little sight of what they should be paying for comprehensive financial advice.
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• GESB appoints Schroders as international equity manager
  8 March 2010
  GESB, the largest WA-based super provider, has appointed Schroder Investment Management Limited (Schroders) to help manage its $2.7 billion international equities portfolio.
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• Super providers must cater for boomers as they redefine retirement says GESB
  25 February 2010
  Superannuation providers will need to improve their member education and advice services if they are to capture the baby boomer market opportunity, according to GESB General Manager of Wealth Management, Fabian Ross.
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• Australians need more encouragement to seek financial advice says GESB
  23 February 2010
  Australians are twice as likely to seek advice about their superannuation from their family rather than a financial adviser, according to national research from GESB, the largest WA-based super provider.
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• GESB hosts free retirement planning seminar in South Perth
  3 February 2010
  GESB, which manages $10 billion in funds under management¹ on behalf of 313,000 Western Australians, is hosting a free retirement planning seminar at Perth Zoo on Wednesday 17 February.
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• GESB hosts free retirement planning seminar in CBD
  3 February 2010
  GESB, which manages $10 billion in funds under management¹ on behalf of 313,000 Western Australians, is hosting a free retirement planning seminar in the Perth CBD on Tuesday 23 February.
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• GESB calls for move away from employer selected super model
  2 February 2010
  GESB, the largest WA-based super provider, says that the current employer selected default fund model for super should be replaced with a fully member choice driven model, in order to engage individuals with their super and help reduce the number of lost accounts.
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• Dream of early retirement fading says GESB
  25 January 2010
  Only one in four (25%) Australians expect to retire before they are 60 years of age, according to national research commissioned by GESB, the largest WA-based super provider.
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Interested in a earlier media release?  See the list of media releases for 2009, 2008 or 2007.