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Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... outcome. Of the 11% who believe it is a negative outcome are mainly concerned with the potential impact on higher fees and lower returns as well as changes to customer service. "There is a general view that engagement between Australians and their super ...

Sunsuper, QSuper appoint leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... appointed executives have the right mix of expertise and experience to deliver outstanding services, greater efficiencies and lower costs for the merged fund's two million members and their $200 billion in retirement savings," the funds said. There ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... rebound continued. The Rainmaker MySuper Index returned 18.7% in the 12 months to April. The month's returns were 70bps lower to 2.2%, as equities and property performed well but fixed income and cash fell. "Fixed interest returns have fallen to ...

Super fee squeeze continues

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... lowered their fees, was smaller than the December quarter. "While a 37% quarterly fee decrease ratio is huge, it's one-third lower than the 56% ratio it was last quarter. The implication is that there is an overwhelming trend towards super funds lowering ...

UniSuper names next chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... UniSuper went public offer in a bid to retain scale. However, O'Sullivan said he expects the fund's growth rate to be lower than previous years, at a panel at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds. "I am extremely excited to be able to ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... advisers that seem predictive of the resulting advice. For instance, married advisers are more likely to recommend slightly lower risk levels than those that are single. Elsewhere, university-educated advisers have lower risk capacity assessments on ...

AMP adds partnered portfolios to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
AMP has launched six new partnered managed portfolios (PMP) with advice practices, bringing the total range to 11. A total of eight practices have added the six PMPs, which each represent distinct investment offers. Four are managed by Zenith and Mercer. ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... attraction to alternatives - specifically in real estate and infrastructure. Venture capital on the other hand tends to receive a lower allocation. "Part of the reason is the good returns super funds have found from real estate and infrastructure, so ...

Platform cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... a market leading advice offering for super and pension clients, as well as provide a profitable service to the typically lower balance adult children of existing clients," Wealth02 managing director Shannon Bernasconi said. "Super Simplifier gives members ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... growth could turn into "Houston, we have a problem". This is because rising consumer prices plus stagnant wages growth equals lower real wages equals reduced consumer spending. Growth in real wages (annual wages growth less inflation) has diminished ...