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Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... changed much even from year to year, though economic circumstances have been different." As a result, Rice Warner said super funds had failed to consider the impact of global economic crises, and posed whether it was time for members to be told their ...

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
ANZ/OnePath has again topped the list of worst-performing super funds, according to Stockspot's Fat Cat Funds Report for 2019. Joining them at the top this year however is AMP, which now also owns 11 fat cat funds, up from three last year. Taking out ...

Who foots the bill when super funds merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Who pays the costs of a merger, REST chair Ken Marshman asked panelists involved in superannuation mergers at the Australian Superannuation Investment Conference yesterday. The panel discussed how mergers will impact the investment strategy of superannuation ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... add to that," PwC partner David Coogan said. Stamp duty on property assets Combining property assets of two merging super funds may prove hard and the treatment varies from state to state, Edwards said. "It's very hard and the treasuries will just ...

APRA updates enforcement approach

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... shortcomings. APRA's update follows ASIC, which last month also announced it will make use of publicly naming institutions and super funds against which it takes action.

Intra-fund advice must improve: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... reducing the marginal cost of providing advice are also achievable. Yet, Rice Warner pointed out around a third of super funds still do not have a super projection calculator on their public website. "Of the funds that do, about one fifth of those redirect ...

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... Willis Towers Watson's latest Thinking Ahead Institute/Pensions and Investments World 300 report, Australia's super funds have had a rough 12 months. The report ranks the world's 300 largest pension funds according to assets under management ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The prudential regulator confirmed a "traffic light" system aimed at weeding out underperforming superannuation funds is currently in the works. Deputy chair Helen Rowell flagged APRA is developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... doubling the size of the fund and leading some of Australia's largest corporate and funds transfer tenders. "As super funds approach a new era of scale, Nicholas' insight will be invaluable to the growth and development of our fund," he said. ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Superannuation members still do not realise they are entitled to life insurance via their super funds despite concerted effort to raise awareness, new research finds. MetLife's latest Insurance inside super report found 73% of Australians are aware ...