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Default MySuper fees drop to 1%: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... research Alex Dunnin saying driving fees down is the retail sector's way of competing with the not-for-profit sector. Retail fund admin fees were 3.5 times that of not-for-profit funds in 2010. This ratio has now halved but remains at 2.0 times ...

Australian Ethical overhauls longstanding fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... Ethical said. The fund was first launched in February 2010, with a wholesale version launched in January 2012. The retail fund has about $5 million in funds under management, while the wholesale FUM sits at about $67 million. The fund was launched with ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC was slammed for its lack of oversight over common ownership and concentration at a parliamentary committee this morning. The Standing Committee on Economics, which discussed the implications of capital concentration and common ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Retail and corporate super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
Retail superannuation funds from AMP, Australian Ethical and Russell Investments will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the last-minute change to administration fee treatment in YFYS performance tests, says Industry Super Australia. The new performance ...

Industry funds to dominate in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
New research reveals which industry superannuation funds will dominate the sector in 2025 and squeeze out many retail funds. Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking Report shows AustralianSuper, QSuper/Sunsuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and Hostplus will become ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Despite being among the prime targets of the government's recently launched inquiry into common ownership, new analysis from Rainmaker Information finds the share of the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted ...

Sunsuper, Iress launch adviser data feed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... translate to more Australians saving thousands of dollars a year in fees because their adviser recommended Sunsuper over a retail fund, as more advisers find it easier to work with Sunsuper," she said. "At Sunsuper, we know the value of advice and the ...

Alceon launches retail fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
After seeing the take up of alternative strategies by institutional and family office investors, Alceon Group has established a retail debt income fund secured by real estate. The Alceon Debt Income Fund is targeting a total annualised return of 5-7% ...

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

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
In final YFYS regulations released last week, the government now wants super fund to be only tested on last year's administration fees instead of eight years' average in the APRA performance test. The last minute changes to the Your Future ...