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Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Rainmaker's latest MySuper benchmarking report has seen industry funds on top for market share and performance as at December end. For MySuper products with a single investment strategy (as opposed to lifecycle products) AustralianSuper was on top. ...

FPA launches benchmarking tool

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... practice relative to its peers in these extraordinary times." FPA professional partnerships manager Ken Whitton said the benchmarking tool would allow advisers to develop forward-looking plans for their practices. "The FPA READY Index will provide a ...

Netwealth leads the platform pack

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
Investment Trends has released the 16th edition of its Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, with Netwealth taking out the top gong. The wealth management platform led the pack for overall platform functionality, followed closely by ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... averages. The fund is claiming its investment strategy will align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "Regarding benchmarking, we have an exclusive retail agreement with an independent third-party data provider, Sustainable Platform, to measure ...

MySuper heat map lauds industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... not including the cost of default insurance for example - the heat map was serving its purpose for the regulator by benchmarking funds following the Royal Commission and final Productivity Commission report. "There are funds that have high fees, low ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... performance comparisons, and said APRA should not have excluded the effect of administration fees in much of the benchmarking, noting the regulator's acknowledgment that high admin fees are associated with poor performance. It also sided with ASFA ...

No pat on the back for high performers: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... already performing okay." Commenting on the heat map, Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said, as a benchmarking tool, the heat map simply highlights those funds that are below average. "At this stage, APRA is only focusing on investment ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A new salary benchmarking report for 2020 from Michael Page has revealed what various finance professionals in Australia can expect to be paid, including distribution leads and investment directors. According to the report, legal, risk and compliance ...

IOOF struck by outflows, former chair resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... to attract significant inflows. As an advice-led business operating an open architecture model, we are constantly benchmarking our proprietary solutions to best in market offerings, ensuring they meet our advisers and their client's needs" The company ...

Fees down across asset classes: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... asset owners we work with. We have seen a big increase in demand over the last year for more granular, tailored fee benchmarking from investors that are looking to understand whether they're actually getting value for money and, where relevant, renegotiate ...