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SelfWealth launches ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
Online broker SelfWealth will launch a new ETF targeting self-managed super funds. The SelfWealth SMSF Leaders ETF is due to launch on the ASX this financial year and listed under the ticker code SELF. It is pending regulatory ASX approval. ETF Securities ...

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
If the Productivity Commission's recommendation of a best-in-show list was introduced tomorrow, which super funds would make the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis ...

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... students Student Super chief executive Andrew Maloney said the lack of awareness that young Australians had about their super funds was a major issue. "Students can have as many as six different employers before they turn 25. But because they're ...

Engagement should be easier: Productivity Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... communication and member engagement, with AIST chief Eva Scheerlinck saying the awards demonstrated profit-to-member super funds were becoming more innovative in their efforts to connect with members and employers. "Funds are increasingly using data ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... report. Treasury has already extended the deadline on Comprehensive Income Retirement Products to July 2022, and most super funds have done very little work on it. The key point of the Retirement Income Covenant (which was released after the PC draft ...

Game over for grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... the report reads. Data collected by the Royal Commission indicates trail commissions for 11 of the largest retail super funds totalled more than $400 million in the 2016-17 financial year. Six of these same funds were also among those reporting the highest ...

The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... and financial system regulators APRA and ASIC have allowed a situation to develop where chronically underperforming super funds are able to continually defy gravity and not just survive, but thrive? This problem is so pervasive that Australia's best ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... members. The Commission said too often debates in the industry went without member representation, with the voices of super funds usually dominating. The ultimate role of regulators is to protect member interests, it said. The Commission set aside an ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... matrix, with a copy to be provided to APRA." Retail under pressure Modelling undertaken by the Commission shows retail super funds were constant underperformers compared to not-for-profit funds, which delivered returns above benchmarks. An analysis of ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... implementation of RG97. ASIC's Consultation Paper 308 is endorsing some of McShane's recommendations that proposes super funds to: modify fees and costs templates and present administration fees as one line item; present investment fees and costs ...