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Super funds on the mend: SelectingSuper

... higher 6.0 per cent p.a. When you break the numbers based on fund categories however, the survey found that corporate master trusts have, on average, delivered 0.3 per cent gains while not-for-profit funds trailed behind at -1.4 per cent. SelectingSuper ...

Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... dollar system and looking globally is way too small." With only 40 of Australia's 300 superannuation and retirement master trusts and 45 of Australia's not-for-profit funds being above this target FUM level, Cooper's comments should send shockwaves through ...

ISN to APRA: get on with it

... relative terms for quite a while as eight of the twenty best performing funds, measured by default options, are master trusts. Keevers said Rainmaker monitors returns each month for more than 200 super and retirement funds and several thousand investment ...

NFP super beats retail over 10 yrs

Not for profit superannuation funds outperformed retail master trusts by more than 2 per cent per year in the past 10 years, new research found. Rainmaker Information modelling found a worker in a not-for-profit super fund earning $50,000 with $50,000 ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... SelectingSuper performance figures, not for profit funds are averaging twelve month returns of -16.3 per cent while corporate master trusts are only 100 basis points behind on -17.3 per cent. SelectingSuper reports that one year ago the gap was 400 basis ...

Super assets drop to $1.03trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... their assets fell only 7 per cent during the last year, followed by industry funds that fell 9 per cent, corporate master trusts that fell 12 per cent, public sector funds that fell 14 per cent, corporate funds that fell 16 per cent and retail funds ...

APRA to monitor investment options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... super funds, a transition that is expected to force APRA regulated entities to provide data on the specific funds, master trusts and products they offer in the market. Currently many institutions report on hypothetical pooled vehicles that many groups ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... reforms that saw contributions double in 2006-07 as high income earners poured money into self-managed super funds and master trusts to beat the deadlines. "A pensioner is not out there earning $150,000 a year. There is a question about fairness in Australia ...

Platforms should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
Master trusts and wraps should be consolidated into a single government run platform to drive greater efficiencies and lowers costs. Wade Tubman, a director, and Annie Liao, a senior manager in the actuarial practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, told ...

SuperChoice buys SuperConnect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... the superannuation provider without manual intervention. SuperConnect's software is currently used by public offer master trusts, industry super funds, employer groups directly and payroll bureaus including Australian Wealth Management, Skandia and the ...