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Market volatility, rising AUD hits super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... years for default choices, seven in the top 10 balanced choices and eight in the top 10 growth choices. However, master trusts have maintained their flipside dominance of sector investment choices, taking out all top 10 places in Australian shares, eight ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... SelectingSuper, not for profit super funds, driven by industry funds, achieved out-performance of 110 basis points over master trusts in the year to end February 2007 in respect to their default investment options.

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... performance between the major segments was split in the default options ranking however, with four industry funds, four master trusts and two corporate funds making up the top 10 performers over the last 12 months. But over five years only one master ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... Eleven consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that ...

EQT completes its eastern-seaboard network

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... 30-50 predominantly ASX listed securities and is available to wholesale investors and retail investors thru selected master trusts and wrap accounts.

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker and author of the research, said, "This recent improvement by the master trusts has nothing to do with their fees coming down, but can be explained by fundamental asset allocation differences. "Many ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... comments coincide with the release of the latest Rainmaker NBTM study comparing default options for industry funds and master trusts showing that over one, three and five years industry super funds, on average, delivered more dollars for their members ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

A new study has found that industry funds deliver 26 per cent more in retirement savings than retail master trusts due to lower fees, refueling debate on how super funds deliver value-for-money to their members. Superannuation research firm SuperRatings ...

Rice Warner adds to team

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... actuarial firm. Weatherhead will focus on the institutional side of the business, advising life company clients, master trusts and industry funds who have insurance components. Rice Warner director, Ken Boag, said, "Since Richard comes with a good life ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... personal super plans. In personal super in particular industry funds returned $26.80 for every dollar of fees while master trusts returned just $7.40. In the workplace super space, where the employer plan size is greater than $10m, Rainmaker research ...