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AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... of confidence in the British economy. "We've already halved inflation, debt is forecast to fall, and - with thanks to smart investors like AustralianSuper - we're on course to grow the economy," Sunak said. Meanwhile, minister for investment ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... Service's products failing. Meantime, three of Crescent Wealth's four investment options failed, as did two from Smart Future Trust's smartMonday range, and Cruelty Free Super's Growth option. Finally, corporate fund Citibank Australia ...

OnePath fined over MySuper bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... today by APRA. The infringements relate to 125 default member contributions being incorrectly attributed to the member's Choice rather than MySuper account." "OnePath Custodians is committed to continuing to uplift its governance, compliance and risk ...

Super funds must prioritise member experience: Consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... innovate are likely to provide better member experiences," Bathi said. He also said social media continues to be the top choice of members for engaging with their superannuation funds. According to a 2018 IQ Group survey, most members engage with their ...

Insignia reports advice outflows, adviser losses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... enhance our proprietary Evolve platform ahead of the next phase of simplification, while enhancements to the ANZ Smart Choice Super product suite demonstrate out focus on process efficiencies and environmental responsibility," Insignia chief executive ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A host of Equity Trustees and OnePath options once again dominated the worst-performing and most expensive Choice products in APRA's newly published heatmap results. Of the 407 options with an eight-year return history APRA analysed, 182 or 45% ...

Negative wholesale funds market growth continues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... percentage terms was Smartsave Super and Pension, followed by AMP Signature Super and Pension, Superhero Super, and Freedom of Choice Super. The research also noted that Vanguard operated Australia's largest ETF; PIMCO has the largest mFund, and the ...

Best performing MySuper investment option named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... Stream Balanced Growth option topped the rankings with a 6.2% annualised return over a three-year period. AustralianSuper Choice Income Balanced came second and CareSuper Pension Balanced placed third. The worst-performing product was the smartMonday ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... Many of these products also failed the performance test earlier this year. Other poor performing products were ANZ Smart Choice Super, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund LifetimeOne, AvSuper Growth, Mine Superannuation Default Lifecyle ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Global retirement technology provider Smart is expanding to Australia, establishing an office in Melbourne. Smart technology powers UK Smart Pension, a digitally led pension and retirement scheme setup for employers. The Australian business will operate ...
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