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Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... average annual returns at 6.8% pa. Rainmaker, the research partner of SelectingSuper, noted in a statement that not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 11.3% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 10.3% for a 100 ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... were 10.1% pa, five year average annual returns were 8.6% pa and 10 year average annual returns were 6.9% pa. Not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 10.9% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 9.7% for a segment ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... washed through the system. Focusing on balanced options among workplace funds rather than defaults paints the same picture as NFP workplace balanced options delivered 11.3% and retail workplace balanced options delivered 9.7%. Underpinning the super ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... however, regardless of the MySuper performance re-boot. Overall funds' balanced options delivered 10.1% compared to 11.0% from NFP funds and 9.1% from retail funds. Underpinning the super fund performance results are that the rolling 12 month ASX accumulation ...

NFP funds turning to direct investment options in droves

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
The large majority of industry superannuation funds are looking to add direct investment options (DIOs) to their service offerings with some even considering opening the service to non-members through separate legal structures according to Lonsec Fiscal ...

Aussie equity investors urged to buy overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... exposure with overseas shares. According to data from Rainmaker Information, average asset allocations for both not-for-profit (NFP) and retail superannuation funds show a bias towards Australian stocks. The average retail fund has a 33% weighting to ...

NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Directors of not-for-profit (NFP) and charity organisations often play no part in fundraising for their organisations beyond making an annual donation, according to a new study co-funded by the Perpetual Foundation. Perpetual general manager of philanthropy ...

Retail MySuper to put NFPs on back foot

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... to rely on their traditional position as lower-cost providers. The focus on cost wrought by MySuper will therefore put many NFP funds on the defensive, forced into a position of having to justify the additional expense, despite the fact this will be ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... all US foundations with an impact investment strategy. Grants, despite forming the larger portion of working capital for the NFP sector, should actually be considered the riskiest activity a foundation engages in given they are fully expensed from the ...

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... and is currently being mooted in Canada, Gonski said of primary concern is a safe harbour provision for volunteers acting on NFP boards. "The concept of somebody being liable for the debts of a NFP when all they've been doing is trying to act properly ...