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MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... risks taken to achieve those returns. "The volatility already shown in 2020 shows the importance of understanding how super funds manage the risks inherent in investing." Rainmaker found there to be a near-zero correlation between returns and volatility ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... applications to three million and repeat applications to 1.1 million since the inception of the scheme. Over the week super funds made payments to 95,000 members, bringing the total number of payments by funds to their members to four million since inception. ...

Super fees hit record lows: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... year, according to a recent study conducted by Rainmaker. The key finding of a review of 2720 products offered by 169 super funds, super fees came in at a total of $29.6 billion in 2019-20 - down 5% year on year. If we consider super assets as a share ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... digital transformation and delivery of AIST's education and event offerings, including its flagship Conference of Major Super Funds event. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck thanked Mannix-White for her contribution to the performance and success of ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... continues to disrupt Australia's financial and economic conditions. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy praised the work super funds have done to support their members and the community during the pandemic. "Superannuation funds continue to deliver necessary ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... recommendations in the report include the creation of infrastructure vehicles traded on secondary markets to allow super funds and SMSFs to finance new infrastructure projects ; reducing the company tax rate to 25% for all companies to promote international ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to face fresh class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... finalised this week. EQ Legal director Sasha Ivantsoff told Financial Standard that 850 entities including self-managed super funds, trusts and individual investors had expressed interest in the class action. With only 600 enrolments needed for the action ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
A new platform has been launched for super funds aiming to help navigate the mounting pressure to improve returns and lower investment fees, costs and taxes. Parametric announced the new platform, saying with super funds facing increased pressures it ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... 'smoker' statuses to new members, with only four of the aforementioned businesses set to refund members. Of the seven super funds, CFS, Equity Trustees, Intrust and Netwealth will cough up $3.6 million in compensation to 5000 members - while ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Parametric Australia suggests the taxation system is negatively impacting super funds' long horizon approach to investing. The research, titled Unlocked: A Framework for Superannuation Equity Portfolio Evolution in a Taxable Environment ...