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Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... result of such changes, of which $2 billion or 90% affected not-for-profit funds (NFP). Breaking it down by segment, retail funds on average charge lower fees in MySuper products than NFP funds. Retail fund products charged twice as much administration ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... difference between Chris Kelaher from IOOF, and Ian Silk from Australian Super is mind-blowing. The establishment retail funds representatives come across as stereotypical used car salesman. #BankingRC - David Taylor (@aus_employ_law) August 10, 2018 ...

Royal Commission revisits fees for no service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... groups, namely AMP, CBA and IOOF, in the lead up to the Commission have acknowledged fee for no service misconduct. Why retail funds expend relatively more on financial advice paid for by members than other types of superannuation funds will be a focus ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... adds. According to the background papers, fees and costs may be analysed given the disparities among industry and retail funds. Retail funds "expend relatively more on financial advice paid for by members than other types of superannuation funds," documents ...

SMSFs: Low balance, low satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... percentage point jump in the $250,000-$699,000 segment, and 4.4 percentage points for those between $100,000 and $249,000. Retail funds saw gains in the under $5000 segment (10.9 percentage points) and the $700k and over segment (1.6% percentage points). ...

ASIC unveils RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... facilitating industry input to Mr McShane, who will meet with service providers, representatives of both industry and retail funds, and funds at various levels of compliance with RG97," ASIC said.

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... with explicit guidance and support for member insurance claims. Also highlighted in the research was the growth in retail funds which aligned with member values. Watson said these offers differentiated themselves despite not offering as many member services ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... strategies, according to Rainmaker research. About 26% of MySuper products offer lifecycle investment strategies. Retail funds dominate the segments with a 67% share. Even though the assets are mostly in retail funds, the interest from industry and corporate ...

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... not-for-profit super funds, they accounted for seven of the 10 fastest growing super funds by net membership growth. Retail funds accounted for the remaining three. However, measured by percentage growth of their memberships, all the top 10 were from ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... oversee the product offerings and have chief executives and executive teams explicitly associated with the fund. Retail funds were excluded because many retail trustee boards oversee multiple super funds and multiple PDS-ed products and executives are ...