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Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... the benefits of competition and its power to put downward pressure on fees and increase the quality of superannuation products." He notes the Financial System Inquiry found that between 2004 and 2013, average fees only fell by 20 basis points whereas ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Intrust, HOSTPLUS and CareSuper. The SelectingSuper MySuper survey is based on returns from more than 80 superannuation products. Full results are available on the SelectingSuper website, click here to view.

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... vehicle - that is, do what the larger retail superannuation groups already do and as some of the newer superannuation products such as Cruelty Free Super, Good Super, FutureSuper are doing. Even more challenging are boutique retail superannuatiuon products ...

BT pays fines for misleading super statements

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... 26 June 2014 to 18 September 2014," ASIC said. ASIC was concerned BT misled consumers by representing superannuation products issued by the company had generated greater returns than those generated by all industry super funds during the stated period. ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Management in Australia report for May 2015 and it reveals that in the past 12 months 4.8% of personal superannuation products were switched compared to 2.9% for employer workplace funds. While the two thirds gap seems high, it has compressed significantly ...

Don't take our franking credits: Taxpayers Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... franking credits, according to Taxpayers Australia. TAL head of superannuation and Taxpayers Australia superannuation products & services manager, Reece Agland, said the Tax Discussion Paper paints a bleak picture of the dividend imputation system and ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... across both accumulation and drawdown phases, saying this would "help foster innovation in whole-of-life superannuation products, would facilitate a seamless transition to retirement and would reduce opportunities for tax arbitrage." However, it added ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... well as a service award for an individual who has made a mark on the superannuation sector. There are 66 superannuation products from 35 organisations that have qualified as finalists including eight organisations that have qualified for the first time. ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... wonder people are leaving to set up their own self-managed superannuation funds," Taxpayers Australia superannuation products and services manager Reece Agland said. "Competition between funds and fund sectors is good for members. It should drive down ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Australia's big four banks are failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances ...