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Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted that by 2030 Australia's super funds would hold 50% of the ASX, as their share trended upward by about four percentage points every five years. However, using ...

Benchmarks for super property investments selected

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Treasury has selected two MSCI indexes to serve as benchmarks for super funds investing in property under the Your Future, Your Super reforms. The MSCI/Mercer Australia Core Wholesale Monthly Property Fund Index and MSCI Australia Quarterly Private ...

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... administration fees a "backflip" that it says will allow funds to continue gouging members for fees. "This not only allows dud super funds to whitewash years of fee gouging, it also gives unscrupulous players free reign to fiddle the books and shift ...

Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... opportunity to have their voices heard. While the the corporate regulator did not identify significant failures among the 24 super funds reviewed, it did find that the majority need to improve how they communicate to members and have better outcomes ...

Ethical super could halve carbon footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... occurring instantly. "It's an alarming truth that many - if not most - Australians don't actually know what their super funds are invested in. This means that your money could be supporting companies that completely undermine your values, like those ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... can afford to get advice. Falinski asked what options everyday Australians are "left with", and Harrison suggested super funds may be a port of call. Asked whether he was saying that ASIC and super funds would be the beneficiaries, Harrison answered ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

Industry fund tops superannuation satisfaction survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... satisfaction to strong markets and relatively shorter lockdowns during the June half, and it was recorded across all types of super funds. SMSFs had the highest satisfaction at 80.6% (up from 69.9% last June), followed by public sector funds at 79.7% ...

Superhero launches super offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... well-established history of self-directed investing that is in stark contrast with our habit of defaulting into black box super funds. Most people consider the barriers to entry of a SMSF too high and many just don't want the headache." Winters said ...

CSLR raises concern among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... raised concerns about the cost of the government's proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort and the fact that super funds and managed investment schemes are excluded from the proposed regulation. The association points out that the products and ...