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Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
The rate at which superannuation funds slug members fees is growing faster than the underlying assets being managed, latest research shows. Rainmaker Information's March quarter Benchmarking report shows members paid a total of $32 billion in super ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... investment management, despite opinions from its super fund portfolio manager and asset consultant that its current investment fee budget wasn't adequate to boost the performance of its lagging MLC MySuper product, the Royal Commission heard. Resuming ...

Zuper opens its doors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... their values and interests (Health, Green and Tech). In terms of fees, Zuper's MySuper Option charges a 0.5% investment fee and 0.83% admin fee on investment returns. Members can opt out its automatic insurance anytime. Hannover Life Re is the group ...

Industry bodies respond to RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
Several industry bodies have welcomed the recommendations aiming to overhaul fee and cost disclosure practices of superannuation funds and managed investments under Regulatory Guide 97. Darren McShane, appointed by ASIC to spearhead the independent ...

Super protection policy needs improvement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Advocacy group Women in Super is calling on the Federal Government to re-examine its policy to end life insurance for Australians with low superannuation balances or accounts with little activity, suggesting it could be detrimental to women with dependents. ...

Parametric wins $60m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
Parametric won a $60 million mandate for its tax-managed indexing (TMI) strategy from an $8.5 billion super fund. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) previously awarded Parametric an after-tax passive global equities mandate ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... shares, 24% to international shares, 4% to global infrastructure, 25% to fixed interest and 5% to cash. It has an investment fee of 0.516% and an admin fee of $66 per annum. The second option, Superestate Property 50, has a 50% allocation to residential ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Research from Parametric shows a tax-efficient super investment portfolio can demonstrably improve member outcomes. The report, co-authored by chief investment officer Paul Bouchey, research managing director for Australia Raewyn Williams and researcher ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The 2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards recognise investment strategies that showcase all the qualities investors are looking for in an investment manager in an evidence-based and transparent way. Investment leadership is not only about ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... annual asset-based administration fee cut to $750 from $1575. The fee cuts occur at the same time Equip revealed its investment fee for its MySuper default option had increased to 0.64% per annum under RG97, up from 0.57% per annum.