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Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... choices. "They don't want hidden fees and commissions," she said. Reynolds stressed that most people wanted to be in a balanced fund that was fairly basic without whistles and bells that people pay for but don't use.

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... year-to-year performance," said Hill. Recent data released by Rainmaker Research predicted an average superannuation balanced fund return of around 8% for the year. REST has 1.9 million members.

Telstra Super majority returns above 10%

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... results looked similar to recent data released by Rainmaker Research, which predicted an average superannuation balanced fund return of around 8% for the year. Starting on July 1, the fund introduced a common fee structure for all members, including ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Frontier points to data showing that over the last 10 financial years, their clients have outperformed the average balanced fund option of a super fund by 1.07 per cent p.a. net of tax and fees.

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Staff, CBA Officers, Triple-S (SA), BUS(Q) and ESI (Qld). Vision Super has the top growth fund, ANZ Staff the top balanced fund, AMP Custom Super the top Australian shares fund, AGEST the top international shares fund, AustSafe the top Australian fixed ...

Real return to balance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Some of today's balanced funds have departed from the real meaning of a balanced strategy cultivated many years ago, preventing investors from moving nimbly between the various asset classes, said a fund manager. Greg Cooper, Schroder Investment Management ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
In an experiment to see how a retail investment portfolio made up mainly of ETFs compares with the Future Fund's portfolio, Financial Standard discovers key investment gaps. David Bassanese, director of PennyWise Investment Economic & Investment Consulting ...

S&P reinstates ratings on AMP funds

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... the 'On Hold' ratings and to reinstate its previous three-star ratings on the RIL international share fund and RIL balanced fund and assign a three-star rating to the RIL Australian share fund. "While we acknowledge Athukorala has experience in managing ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Investment and Financial Services Association is implementing a new investment reporting format that will require retail super funds to revert back to performance figures gross of any ongoing and advice fees. The objective is to facilitate comparability ...