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Roll-it Super expands offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... better, high-performing investments. It provides monthly performance, fees and benefits for the top 100 industry and retail funds. Moneytree founder and chief technology officer Ross Sharrott said finding the right superannuation fund is extremely important ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... 10 in a Roy Morgan list that measured how satisfied members felt with their fund's financial performance. The two retail funds to make the list were Asgard and Macquarie and they were below the average satisfaction levels for the top 10. The data is ...

Game over for grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... insurance) should be banned as soon as practicable. This will reduce the fees that members pay - especially those in retail funds - and remove a clear financial incentive for advisers to discourage members switching to better products," the commission ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... five million member accounts and about $270 billion in assets. About half are industry funds and almost a third are retail funds." Notably, the retail funds were larger on average, collectively accounting for 77% of members in underperforming funds or ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... delivering 6.9% p.a. over a three year horizon for a 40 year old, according to SelectingSuper data. It beats all other retail funds in employer lifestage super returns for a 40 year old over 3 year period: ANZ Smart Choice returned 6.2% p.a., Essential ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... investment fees jumping an average of 50% which had the effect of neutralising the fee advantage NFP funds once had over retail funds." For a retail super sector already reeling from the Royal Commission fallout, Dunnin said this could have a significant ...

Superannuation fund comparison tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... super fund choice for employees by providing monthly performance, fees and benefits for the top 100 industry and retail funds. The platform is free to use for employees via employers partnering with Roll-it Super. Founder and chief executive Mark MacLeod ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... which has contested been contested by Grattan Institute in the past. He reiterated that industry funds were beating retail funds in performance, as published in the Productivity Commission report's research, but said ISA doesn't believe retail ...

Productivity Commission pushes for superannuation scale benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... the investment side, economies of scale in investment expenses are more pronounced for corporate, public sector and retail funds than industry funds. This could be reflected in industry funds using higher-cost, unlisted assets with members potentially ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Industry superannuation funds are providing members a better website experience than retail funds but retail wins when it comes to retirement calculators, the latest digital engagement study finds. IQ Group's fifth annual study on digital engagement ...