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REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... of the Morningstar Investment Management Group, provides advice and management for REI Super's low-cost default MySuper option as well as the fund's other investment options. "We value our relationship with REI Super, and we're very pleased to be reappointed ...

AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... insurance arrangement." Super fund members under the default option will automatically transition to their fund's MySuper option, but Fox demanded that they opt-into the transition. "We need to change the framework that says that rather than the fund ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... less so with industry and public sector finds. HOSTPLUS' lifecycle option however will not replace its existing MySuper option. Elia also gave an update on HOSTPLUS's member direct investment (MDI) option Choice Plus, which was launched a year ago. He ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Industry funds must learn from banks on areas such as customer relations, branding and diversifying their offerings beyond super if they are to access retail members and build their member bases, according to Geoff Brooks, executive officer of strategic ...

Kinetic Super to reduce admin fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... balance. There will be no change to this. The fund also charges an investment management fee of 0.43% per annum on its MySuper option. Kinetic Super chief executive Megan Bolton said: "We are always looking for efficiencies that can improve member contact ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index recovered slightly during February to return 12.8% up from 12.5% at end January albeit this is still sharply down from December's 16.1%. Underpinning the results are that the rolling ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... collective thinking of trustees around the country." QSuper is one of the few not-for-profit funds to adopt a lifecycle MySuper option. However, about half of all retail funds offering a MySuper option have adopted a lifecycle approach. The new strategy ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Actuaries Institute has called for profound change to the regulation of the retirement phase of superannuation, including changing the rules around lumps sum withdrawals and removing impediments to older people who want to continue working. In its ...

Lifecycle the future of pensions globally: Mercer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... Researched released yesterday by Mercer showed that while more than half of all retail funds offer a lifecycle MySuper option, less than 10% of industry funds opted for lifecycle. But Mather said this will change. "A number of the industry funds have ...