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MySuper is bringing fees down: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... said that between 30 June 2012 and 30 June 2013, average super management fees went down from 1.20% to 1.12%. He said the figure a decade ago was 1.37%. "The arrival of no frills MySuper accounts has placed downward pressure on management fees, creating ...

PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has released figures they claim confirm that private equity and venture capital funds in Australia at end 2013 outperformed the ASX across most major time periods. The analysis ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower after Wall Street fell a day before the release of major US economic data. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Thirty-two per cent of planners say they recommended annuities in the 12 months to December 2013, up from 26% in 2012 - and that figure is set to rise further, with 37% saying they plan to use annuities in 2014. "The proportion of planners recommending ...

FSC apologises to AusSuper for misinformed tweet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... comments on our twitteraccount [sic]. We acknowledge the statement was inaccurate. It's withdrawn." The incorrect $19 million figure came from the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA), at which the FSC was present. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Mr Spooner said. "There's been some economic data in the last day or so which had been mildly positive, and there was a figure from China yesterday that was probably the biggest thing that changed sentiment yesterday. "And very importantly as far as ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... declining at a much slower pace in May than in April. The banking giant's PMI improved to 49.7 from 48.1 last month. While the figure is below the 50-mark - suggesting contraction - it is the second straight month of improvement and will fuel hopes that ...

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... demand for the services they provide, and that in the event that the rules stand, corporate super advisers will "have to figure out a business model that works."

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...