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Retail funds blitz personal-balanced options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... superannuation funds delivered the best performance in the personal-balanced category in Rainmaker's latest analysis of MySuper funds. Wholesale personal super product - FirstChoice Wholesale Multi-Index Growth - returned 23.7% per annum in the year ...

Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... high weightings to unlisted assets is distorted and ultimately lowers volatility. The research house found that MySuper funds invested in unlisted assets did not deliver a performance premium. "This is demonstrated by the correlation matrix that shows ...

Continuous disclosure laws to stay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg flagged that the temporary disclosure laws for public companies relaxed at the height of the coronavirus crisis will be made permanent. In May 2020, the government announced the temporary measures, modifying provisions under ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... to that of balanced products on average, new research shows. Rainmaker's latest RMetrics report found the 55 MySuper funds analysed delivered three-year median returns of 5.5% p.a. as at September 2020. This compares with the 5.3% p.a. achieved by ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Amendment (Measures 4 for a later sitting) Bill 2020: Addressing 5 underperformance in superannuation will subject MySuper funds to an annual performance test graded against a designated benchmark. Products that fail an annual performance test must notify ...

MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Any MySuper products that fail a new APRA-administered annual test twice in a row will not be allowed to receive any new members until they improve their performance. The prudential regulator will conduct benchmarking tests on the net investment performance ...

MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
MySuper funds continue to recoup coronavirus-induced losses, as the latest Rainmaker research finds default products have on average gained three out of every four dollars lost in February and March. The 2021 financial year kicked off in positive territory ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... were slapped with a yellow or red rating by APRA. But when examined to 31 March 2020, the three-year performance of MySuper funds are no longer typified by a risk/return correlation. Further, funds are "scattered around the median" Frontier said, "with ...

Hundreds of billions ripped from super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... said that while the nation had fallen into recession, the super's performance results should spur members of MySuper funds. "There's a long [way] to go however, but given that during the GFC returns got as low as -21% these results are remarkable," ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Dunnin said that while the nation had fallen into recession, the super's performance results should spur members of MySuper funds. "There's a long [way] to go however, but given that during the GFC returns got as low as -21% these results are remarkable," ...