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SmartBeta solution tackles passive MySuper index approach: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... capitalisation index-based strategies, said AXA IM. MySuper reforms that require super funds to offer a low cost, transparent default balanced fund option, could lead to an over reliance on standard index funds and other problems associated with market-capitalisation ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

Super FUM hits $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... returns for the superannuation market averaged 0.7% for 2011-12, remarkably similar to the 0.5% average SelectingSuper default option return in workplace funds, albeit the former is an economic measure and not an actual investment return metric. The ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has been accused of 'gazumping' the Productivity Commission inquiry into default super by moving to head off options that would give employers more choice in fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed ...

Perpetual fund 'recommended' by Zenith

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... Perpetual's highest conviction bottom-up long and short stock ideas, regardless of the stock's size or index weighting. The default position of the fund, Zenith said is to "hold cash and then opportunistically invest in stocks that are likely to rise ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The changing role of Government in recommending default super funds in modern awards could lead to worker legal action against the Commonwealth. The Law Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) ...

MySuper outside government scope

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... outside its current remit, said Maged Girgis, partner, Minter Ellison Lawyers. The criteria for inclusion on the list of default funds means that the government is undertaking a commercial assessment of funds and moving away from its traditional role ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

No role for FWA in choosing default funds: CSSA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance has endorsed option 4 of the Productivity Commission's default super fund inquiry, namely that an independent expert panel and not Fair Work Australia should make default fund listing decisions. Gareth Hall, CSSA ...

MySuper to commoditise super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... "The initial emphasis of MySuper will be on costs rather than investment performance. MySuper will be very similar to the default structure of an industry fund today - but without access to a range of investment options," noted the report. The report ...