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Industry funds eye SMSF market stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Industry funds will shortly take the lead from SMSFs as the sector with the largest assets under management, new KPMG research predicts. KPMG's annual Super Insights report suggests by 2029, industry funds will have more than $2 trillion in assets and ...

J.P. Morgan still the top custodian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
J.P. Morgan held on to the top spot among custodians as total assets under custody in Australia fell 1.2% in the half-year ending December 31. Lacklustre markets pushed the total assets under custody down to $3.58 trillion in the period, according to ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... income ($150 million) and alternatives ($307 million). Firetrail, Blackrock Australia, Putnam and Marathon figured in the top 10 most mandated managers for the year among institutions. Where is it coming from? Hostplus, AustralianSuper, Media Super ...

SMSFs outshine industry funds for large balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... with their super fund over the period. Rainmaker's September 2018 Benchmarking report showed industry funds dominated the top 50 superannuation funds based on segment. AustralianSuper led the pack with $147 billion in FUM and more than 2.1 million ...

New SMSF admin platform launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
A new one-stop-shop SMSF solution that aims to help financial advisers keep on top of administrative and regulatory burdens has launched. Practical Systems Super meets the needs of small accounting and advice firms by providing services such as fund ...

Poor governance spurs calls for directorship caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... "Commissioner Hayne and his team is right to highlight the important role of leadership embedding an ethical culture from the top down." "It cannot be based around an attitude of it being a 'box-ticking' exercise for compliance purposes." Estimating ...

Superannuation funds flag $113bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... create a $28 billion-plus fund with over 750,000 members. Former First State Super chief executive Michael Dwyer took the top job, while former Health Super chief executive Chris Clausen became deputy chief. In 2017, the combined funds had over $60 billion ...

Superannuation fund chief accepts new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... executive Craig Stevens takes on the head of strategy role at Sunsuper following a successful merger. Stevens was appointed to the top job in October 2006. He currently serves as a non-executive director at SuperFriend. His prior experience in the financial ...

Ageing population poses budget threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... Commonwealth funding for schools and hospitals, Family Tax Benefit or the Disability Support Pension - all of which are amongst the top ten spending programs in the Commonwealth budget." As Australia's largest generational cohort retires, the workforce ...

Consumers don't understand fee disclosure: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... consumers may believe these products are less expensive, while unaware they will then have to pay additional fees and charges on top of what has already been disclosed." Consumers should be able to make fair and reasonable comparisons and have confidence ...