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SMSFs: Low balance, low satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... percentage point jump in the $250,000-$699,000 segment, and 4.4 percentage points for those between $100,000 and $249,000. Retail funds saw gains in the under $5000 segment (10.9 percentage points) and the $700k and over segment (1.6% percentage points). ...

ASIC unveils RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... facilitating industry input to Mr McShane, who will meet with service providers, representatives of both industry and retail funds, and funds at various levels of compliance with RG97," ASIC said.

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... with explicit guidance and support for member insurance claims. Also highlighted in the research was the growth in retail funds which aligned with member values. Watson said these offers differentiated themselves despite not offering as many member services ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... strategies, according to Rainmaker research. About 26% of MySuper products offer lifecycle investment strategies. Retail funds dominate the segments with a 67% share. Even though the assets are mostly in retail funds, the interest from industry and corporate ...

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... not-for-profit super funds, they accounted for seven of the 10 fastest growing super funds by net membership growth. Retail funds accounted for the remaining three. However, measured by percentage growth of their memberships, all the top 10 were from ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... oversee the product offerings and have chief executives and executive teams explicitly associated with the fund. Retail funds were excluded because many retail trustee boards oversee multiple super funds and multiple PDS-ed products and executives are ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
The growth of industry superannuation funds significantly outpaced retail funds in the year to December 2017, latest APRA statistics show. Industry funds saw assets surge 18.3% to $589.8 billion year-on-year, largely driven by net contributions flows ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Neilson, born in Johannesburg, commenced his financial services career at Courtaulds in London. He later became head of retail funds management at Bankers Trust (BT) Australia and established Platinum in 1994 with backing from George Soros. In an interview ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... superannuation funds are making a comeback in the consumer satisfaction stakes as latest Roy Morgan data shows they have edged retail funds for the third consecutive month. Despite having trailed retail funds for the first seven months of 2017, figures ...

Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... when compared to other segments. The current median age of industry fund members is only 39.6 years, while that of retail funds is 45.7 years. Self-managed superannuation fund members (SMSFs) are the oldest at a median age of 59 years, followed by public ...