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YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... investment officers, heads of investment strategy and asset consultants and asked how they are responding to the YFYS performance test in their investment decision-making. Their answers revealed that while chief investment officers are not intending ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... needs of very large member segments," he explained. There remains scepticism around the Your Future, Your Super performance test too, with 77% of survey respondents saying that they think the performance test will lead to more benchmark-like returns. ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... providing the same level of cover. AvSuper's MySuper option was one of the 13 products to fail the inaugural performance test last year. Following that, the fund introduced a cap on administration fees, capping the percentage-based component at $1000 ...

Super fund cuts fees, appoints insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
One of the 13 super funds to fail last year's performance test is going to halve its percentage-based administration fee, a move expected to cement it as one of the cheapest MySuper products on offer. AMG Super will reduce the percentage-based component ...

APRA takes next step on super data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... picture of the industry." She added that, alongside the MySuper and Choice heatmaps and Your Future, Your Super performance test, increased transparency will benefit members by making it even clearer "who isn't performing and urgently needs to improve ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... industry fund for the maritime industry. Maritime Super was among the 13 funds to fail the Your Future, Your Super performance test.

APRA to continue scrutiny of trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... heatmaps in December. APRA said it is also assessing the remediation plans of super funds that failed the inaugural performance test last year, adding that it has required some of these funds to prepare contingency plans that "include pre-positioning ...

The future is bright for BT: Rady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... consider the platform and super business." BT saw two of its MySuper products underperform the inaugural APRA performance test last year. As first reported by Financial Standard, the company then combined both these products into one. Shortly after ...

Christian Super hires former Mercer executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... depart, Rider said he had enjoyed his time at Christian Super but noted that the fund had failed the inaugural performance test and that the prudential regulator has directed the super fund to merge. "As a result, there was a degree of longer-term uncertainty ...

YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... shows. Parametric's analysis focused on super fund portfolio tracking error, which is a key driver of YFYS performance test outcomes, taking into account two of the most popular environmental, social and governance practices - screening and integration. ...