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Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... with MySuper products, 14 have gone for the lifecycle model. One such retail fund is Colonial First State. Its MySuper option, FirstChoice Lifestage, divides its members into 11 five-year cohort. Each cohort is managed separately, so that members born ...

MySuper lifecycle options not for everyone: AusSuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... their retirement, earlier de-risking makes sense. One such fund is QSuper, which has indeed opted for a lifecycle MySuper option. However, QSuper chief investment officer Brad Holzberger said there are many other factors to consider. "Some members may ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... the twin approach of establishing a new stand alone low cost direct distribution product as well as a separate MySuper option that could be attached to its other employer platforms. NAB/MLC on the other hand have so far opted just for a MySuper platform ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Life insurer MetLife will launch a deferred lifetime annuity into the Australian market if the current legislative and other impediments are removed. Speaking in a panel discussion hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Australian Ethical MySuper option approved

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Authority (APRA). The fund, which becomes the 74th to gain APRA approval, will use its existing Balanced fund as its MySuper option. It will be invested according to its high ethical conviction and will seek out investments making a positive contribution ...

ANZ, BHP, Tidswell get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... bundled through the OnePath Masterfund that is administered by OnePath Custodians. BHP Billiton Superannuation's MySuper option is called MySuper Default Option. Tidswell's MySuper authorisation meanwhile applies to its Smartsave MySuper Balanced product. ...

QSuper gets MySuper go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... environment. This is ground-breaking work and we are delighted to offer this to our members as QSuper's default MySuper option."

HOSTPLUS awards custody tender to Citi, gets MySuper licence

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia, said APRA had approved HOSTPLUS' Balanced (default) investment option as the MySuper option from 1 July 2013. "A number of funds have had to develop new products to comply with MySuper, but at HOSTPLUS, we have always ...

REST granted MySuper authorisation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund will offer members a MySuper option, that includes a single diversified investment option; with low fees that meet legislative requirements and default levels ...