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Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... has been a challenging one for all investors, Sunsuper's balanced option has consistently outperformed the industry average over rolling three, five, seven and 10 years." The research house said it was reassuring that Sunsuper did not run into any ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... claims paid statistics cover the 12 months to June 2020. According to the updated data on the MoneySmart site, the industry average for claims accepted on life insurance through a financial adviser is 80.8%. AMP, CommInsure, MLC and Zurich were all above ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... The result was benchmark-like returns at active fees. "Perhaps the most startling discovery to us was the fact that, on average, portfolios had nearly two times the amount of uncompensated risk versus compensated risk," Northern Trust Asset Management ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A retail superannuation fund has taken the top spot in a comprehensive member satisfaction and experience survey, bumping off AustralianSuper from the top. Colonial First State has regained the top spot in the Forrester Research's 2020 Australia ...

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... earning less than $45,000." Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said the measure could help women who, on average, are still retiring with almost half the amount of super than men. "This proposal will put more money into women's super-balances ...

Keep spending and investing: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... firms with at least 200 employees was down just 1% on the level of mid-March. While, in contrast, payrolls are down 7% on average for firms with between 20 and 200 employees, with a similar decline for firms with fewer than 20 employees.

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... lawyers have done, people may pay fees in a similar manner. One question from the audience, however, pointed out that the average Australian can't afford legal fees either. Jones replied to this that wealthy Australians will continue to be able to ...

Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Index has now lifted by 32% over the last two months to the highest level since July 2018. The Index is now 10% above the average level in the six months prior to the pandemic." "Such a development must be attributable to the response to the October ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... assets over three years to August and found only a quarter (28%) outperformed their benchmarks on an after-fees basis. The average active fees charged were 1.1% per annum. Even if active management fees were not charged, investors were still better off ...

Class launches new product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... extension of our product suite for our customers," he said. In a pilot of the product, Class Trust was able to save an average of three hours of administrative work and jobs could be processed in half the time after its research showed that Excel was ...