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Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... 2018. This was a fall of a further 1.1 percentage points from the 12-month average return seen at the end of October, analysis from Rainmaker shows. The low returns are largely attributed to poor performance in equity markets; Australian and international ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis of three-year returns - as at November 2018 - shows the top 10 would comprise nine industry funds and just one retail fund. ...

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... pushes for an inquiry no later than four years from now. The Commission said it wants to undertake a cost and benefits analysis of retaining current insurance arrangements on an opt-out - as opposed to an opt-in basis - and consider more "prescriptive ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... super funds were constant underperformers compared to not-for-profit funds, which delivered returns above benchmarks. An analysis of 42 funds found 29 performed below their own benchmark portfolio. "These 29 underperforming funds contain five million ...

Advice groups sign on to HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Overall, the wrap, platform and master trusts are inching towards the trillion dollar mark, according to September-end analysis from Strategic Insight. Wraps have the biggest share of the total masterfunds market ($380 billion), platforms ($343 billion) ...

FASEA reforms see ASIC register swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Financial Advisers Register (FAR) were answered in 2018. More than 3300 names were added throughout the year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Advisers Register shows advisers registered with the regulator grew from 25,484 to 28,863 in the 12 ...

JPMAM global fixed income CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Investment Managers. Stealey recently spoke to Financial Standard about how the GFICC group developed its own proprietary risk analysis tools specific to the JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund. These risk tools help understand how several elements (think ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... research showed no meaningful systematic relationship between fund returns and their growth asset weighting, the October analysis shows super funds with a more conservative approach to investments managed the downside risk better. And there were some ...

Portfolio implementation delays costing investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... implementation of portfolio changes enabled by managed accounts can have a significant impact on investors' wealth, latest Lonsec analysis shows. Citing responsiveness as a key benefit of managed accounts, Lonsec measured the hypothetical excess return ...

Schroders hires former Hunter Hall portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... adviser in the role of investment strategist on the same team. Winn was most recently NZ Super's manager of investment analysis before he moved to Australia last year. Prior to this, he was a Hunter Hall portfolio manager for global equities. "This is ...