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Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
New research reveals that MySuper products with high weightings to unlisted assets provide modest returns but contribute lower volatility and higher autocorrelation. Rainmaker's latest RMetric report sought to find out if the performance of MySuper ...

Funds announce chief ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... for our people and our members. The funds said the merger is well underway, with a joint organisation and single MySuper product to take effect from 1 July 2021.

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
The superannuation sector's assets reached a milestone of $3.04 trillion at the end of 2020. While the investments of superannuation funds copped a beating when the pandemic hit around this time last year, APRA's December 2020 statistics shows ...

Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... members of all age) to lifecycle ( where members' asset allocation changes with age) in 2015. Aware packages its MySuper product from three multi-asset options: high growth (only 8.5% in defensive assets, based on current asset allocation, which ...

Government passes advice, super reforms

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
Financial advisers will now need prior written consent each year from clients before deducting fees, while funds from Eligible Rollover Funds must now be reunited with members within 28 days. Two key pieces of legislation were passed yesterday: the ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Superannuation funds are making changes to investment portfolios ahead of the Your Future, Your Super legislation which in turn could lead to more volatility and less diversification for members. Speaking at a media briefing, Schroders head of distribution ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MySuper products are achieving near growth-like returns yet incurring investment risk closer to that of balanced products on average, new research shows. Rainmaker's latest RMetrics report found the 55 MySuper funds analysed delivered three-year ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... These funds could run campaigns to convert members into choice products that are very similar in structure to the MySuper product. This will mitigate the effectiveness of the legislation." Alternatively, trustees can potentially establish and promote ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
After four years of offering its MySuper option as a lifecycle product, Tasplan plans to switch back to single strategy citing higher costs among the reasons. The $11.5 billion superannuation fund is set for a merger with the $12.6 billion MTAA Super ...