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Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... years, 0.4% over 10 years). The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were First State Super with 15.5%. Intrust and REST with 15.3%, Telstra Super with 14.8% and ArcTOWER with 14.3%. The top five Personal super funds ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... $5.12 million advertising its super products. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) together with Colonial First State spent $3.05 million. Westpac Group, including BT, spent $3.06 million. While the figures for the industry funds represent ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Colonial First State (CFS) has revealed how it will approach a post-awards environment, including the use of advisers and targeting business bank customers. The fund management and super arm of banking giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... that, given that the system is mandatory, the government has a responsibility to protect employees. "MySuper arrived in the first place to make sure that people who in theory are disengaged from super are looked after. You say then, well, everyone who's ...

Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... the removal of superannuation from modern awards. In its submission to the government's superannuation review, the FSC's first recommendation was that "[t]he government remove default superannuation funds from modern awards and allow an employer to choose ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... billion cost of negative gearing on residential property, housing tax concessions costings would leapfrog superannuation into first place with a total bill to taxpayers of $45 billion. GST exemptions on food, education, health and financial services ...

Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... the 27 retail funds with MySuper products, 14 have gone for the lifecycle model. One such retail fund is Colonial First State. Its MySuper option, FirstChoice Lifestage, divides its members into 11 five-year cohort. Each cohort is managed separately ...

FSS increases insurance premiums

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
First State Super has announced a significant increase in premiums in response to rising concerns that fundamentals in the insurance sector are experiencing a major correction. The price increase to the fund's primary insurance category, the white collar ...

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... "the most time consuming and frustrating things around handling and paying super contributions for staff." Colonial First State (CFS) general manager of Products and Investments Peter Chun said that the product is "based on the current pressures of managing ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Deluxe Choice product, and IOOF Portfolio Service Corporate Super was named best Workplace Premium product. First State Super was named best Personal Value Choice product, PLUM Personal Super was named best Personal Deluxe Choice product, and AMP Flexible ...