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Crisis deepens for van Eyk Blueprint funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... the Capital Stable Fund, Balanced Fund, High Growth Fund and International Shares Fund on 22 August. Of the remaining two funds, Macquarie is the responsible entity for the van Eyk Blueprint Alternatives Fund while Millinium acts as the responsible entity ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... of their customers' superannuation balances, the Roy Morgan Research Consumer Single Source survey shows. Industry super funds hold around 25% of each of the banks customers' superannuation wallet. However, the largest individual competitor for these ...

HUB24 hits $1bn milestone amid rapid growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
HUB24 has confirmed that funds under administration (FUA) on its investment and superannuation platform have just exceeded the $1 billion milestone. The platform's FUA were up from $384 million on June 30, 2013, to $991 million on August 28, 2014, a ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... adviser Glen McCrea has been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised appropriately ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer way to grow than focusing on branding. A CoreData spokesperson ...

State Street appoints head of alternatives in Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... investors are becoming more sophisticated and demanding and are allocating more assets to private equity, real estate and hedge funds to diversify portfolios, reduce volatility and construct portfolios that match their longer-term investment objectiv ...

Aberdeen funds added to mFund service

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Five Aberdeen Asset Management funds are now available via the mFund Settlement Service. The Aberdeen funds offered on the new service cover a range of asset classes including emerging market equities, Asian equities, global equities (including a hedged ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... generations." Industry Super Australia said it was "dismayed" at the "short-sighted deal", while the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said it was "highly concerned about the impact that further delaying" the SG would have. AustralianSuper ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... 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 gap that has ...