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MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... team to invest in unlisted growth assets, which during the low-interest environment were driving up gains for other super funds. However, had the trustee pushed for an increase in the investment budget, it would have tightened the belt on the profit ...

Are SMSF investors too conservative?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... in the draft report." However Rainmaker Information analysis shows that retirement products for industry and retail super funds, due to the concessional tax treatment relative to accumulation pre-retirement products, "outperform pre-retirement products ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... entities (RSEs): NULIS, PFS Nominees and MLC Nominees. Post-consolidation, NULIS became the sole trustee of all the super funds. Then-executive general manager of superannuation and platforms Paul Carter assisted in the preparation of a report which ...

Royal Commission revisits fees for no service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Superannuation funds are coming clean about charging members advice fees in return for no services well before the financial services Royal Commission kicks into its latest round of public hearings. In the Royal Commission's fifth round, which kicked ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... said it wanted to see licensees consider and document how the use of related parties was in the best interests of super funds members. Additionally, APRA addressed the use of independent experts to support decision making at the board level. While the ...

Rethink property investment: Poll

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... investments, while the remaining 4% were unsure of how to tackle its challenging conditions. The result comes as self-managed super funds show a strong demand for off-the-plan properties, but often overlook the risks associated. Property researcher RiskWise ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... spotlight over the next two weeks and legal experts say a key question is whether conflicts of interest are influencing super funds and letting ordinary working Australians down. AustralianSuper, Cbus and AMP Super are among 14 retail and industry super ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... Government agreed to a contribution of $10 million on the proviso it was matched by the industry. A number of major super funds agreed to contribute, but the group was unable to raise the $10 million prior to the 2013 election in which Labor was ousted. ...

SuperConcepts searches for new CTO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... than 28 years. AMP acquired Queensland-based Supercorp in November 2013 at a time it was ramping up its self-managed super funds business. SuperConcepts said Groeneveld is a pioneer in SMSF technology and played a key role in developing its software ...

Super fund members satisfied but restless

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... Choi said the increased member satisfaction came despite tepid performance in the domestic equities markets. "Still, super funds cannot rest on their laurels, given the fundamental shifts that are expected to flow from the Productivity Commission and ...