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WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... cast at a general meeting. WAM said it is "deeply concerned" about Aurora's conduct, the fund's "substantial underperformance" and high operating costs that are 428.6% higher that the management fee it charges. It listed out several issues that include ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... losing $414 billion of their everyday hard-earned cash by being invested in them, InvestSMART said. The average underperformance was 1.88% while the average fees were 1.74%. InvestSMART chief executive Ron Hodge said fees were the most important part ...

Choice members worse off in retirement: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... members invested in defensive assets, high fees charged in most retail choice funds are also key factors behind the underperformance, the research said. The difference between choice total fee fees (excluding advice fees) and MySuper fees is 0.83% compared ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... regards to Australian equities, SMSF investors are still frequently looking outside of the Top 20. Frustrated by underperformance, mid and small cap companies are benefiting and ASX20 shares now only account for 33% of the total value of shares traded ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... meant a large group was not transitioned until March 2017, and Hodge suggested this as one of the reasons of its underperformance. JANA's report also addressed the ADA transition. "The delay in transferring the ADAs over to the MySuper product was ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency, APRA agreed with the Commission's recommendation that persistent underperformance of a fund provides strong grounds for the removal of its ability to accept default contributions. However, the prudential ...

Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... by 25%. The MSCI World Value Index has also underperformed but not by the same magnitude. "A large part of the underperformance is because US growth has been so strong and a large part of the growth market has been in large-cap tech companies or the ...

Disability income insurance an ongoing concern: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... currently underway, will focus on cedants' ability to drive positive changes to mitigate the product line's underperformance and their commitment to offering offer this product - and the financial protection it offers - to the community. In other ...

MySuper approaches $650 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... MySuper products for members in the under 40 years cohort, but underperformed in the other age groups. "This underperformance [is] becoming more pronounced as members get older," Rainmaker said.

Active shortfalls see pension fund fee restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... possibly "adequately efficient markets" where the potential for active outperformance is limited. GPIF also conceded underperformance may be due to the pension fund being a "poor selector of asset managers." "GPIF itself recognises that it has room to ...