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Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... transaction costs among the indirect costs that need to be disclosed for super products, in particular around unlisted assets. "We recognise this is a new requirement as part of the Stronger Super reforms from the Cooper review. Now there's some and ...

New $70bn MLC fund gives retail access to unlisted

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... "Having a big fund with positive cash flow delivers significant benefits. Obviously it gives us better access to unlisted assets, but even in the listed space, we have focused on reducing investment management fees for our members through large manda ...

MTAA Super bolsters investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... majority of our alternative assets. Property, infrastructure and some smaller private equity holdings make up our unlisted assets and particularly in the infrastructure space we had strong results," Turner said. "The Brexit impacted everybody and the ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... industry super funds comes down to its business model and its not-for-profit status, as well as a championing of unlisted assets in investment portfolios - particularly in physical assets such as infrastructure, and property. "Currently the industry ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday, this year's award was presented to HESTA unlisted assets investment analyst Josephine Toral. As part of Toral's award she will be funded by CareSuper to attend the PRI in Person ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... option," he noted. "Rice Warner would expect higher fees from higher levels of: growth assets; active management; unlisted assets." He added that some funds provide life-cycle products which decrease exposure to growth assets as retirement approaches ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... SMSFs come into infrastructure so badly if they're not going to have the efficient scale to be able to go into unlisted assets?" Lyon asked during a panel session on infrastructure investment at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... superannuation funds are leading the way in long term investment in the economy's productive capacity with $35 billion in unlisted assets such as infrastructure, private equity and other assets. The SMSF Association focused on the importance of all governments ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... and have now been delayed for the second year running. "I'm happy to disclose any listed asset we have. In the unlisted assets, I'm happy to disclose what we hold - for example, Melbourne Airport." However, he said he was not happy with rules demanding ...

Stronger Super look-through requirements may erode competitive edge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... hedging or other purposes," he said. A third issue is one of confidentiality. Miller argued that disclosure of unlisted assets in managed funds may undermine performance, and it would ultimately be the members that would suffer. "A lot of this is commercially ...