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MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... invitation-only roundtable discussions held in Sydney and Melbourne this month. MySuper outlines a new framework where workplace super funds will be forced to carve out their default investment options into discrete funds. Members who are in these default ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... costing a fund an absolute fortune to administer those members [with less than $1,000]," he said. "Across all Workplace Super funds, according to the latest Rainmaker Fee Research, the average Member Benefit Protection cost stood at 0.01 per cent per ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... finalists CareSuper, HostPlus and netwealth Investments for the crown. CareSuper however managed to win two awards - Workplace Super Product of the Year - Value Choice and the prestigious Long-Term Performance Excellence Award. According to Andrew Keevers ...

Countdown to awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... communication, investment returns and fees to compile a shortlist of the best super funds. Award categories include Workplace Super Product of the Year, Personal Super Product of the Year, Long Term Performance Excellence Award and Superannuation Fund ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

Daily unit pricing not the answer: Henaghan

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... practice daily unit pricing," said Keevers. Reinforcing Keevers' comments is new Rainmaker research that found workplace super funds with crediting rates outperforming their DUP counterparts by a full one per cent during the last financial year. Over ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... traditional assets, has totally changed the industry paradigm. MTAA Super was also awarded the SelectingSuper Workplace Super Fund of the Year for value-choice funds. Host-Plus for the Workplace Super Fund of the Year won in the deluxe-choice category. ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... in the Rainmaker Benchmarking report, said it's the first fall in three years. "The headline results are that Workplace Super funds now average 1.41 per cent, Personal Super funds average 2.03 per cent and Retirement funds average 1.86 per cent. The ...

Industry super funds spearhead recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... respectively over the same period. In contrast, the SelectingSuper Default Option Index, which comprises of 90 workplace super funds, returned 9.5 per cent over the three year period to April this year. Meanwhile, workplace super fund default investment ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... paints a different picture, said associate director of research, Andrew Keevers. "In 2007 the key finding was that workplace super fees have increased by 8 per cent, nearly three times the rate of inflation," Keevers said. "The major reason for this ...