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CFS FirstWrap regains platform top spot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... accessibility. The Investment Trends 2012 Platform Report is based on detailed analyst reviews comparing 25 leading master trust and wrap platforms across over 463 aspects of their service offerings. In its analysis of wraps which support planners advising ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Super fund returns continued their recovery during January 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed again to now be on a 34-month high of 12.5%. This is a 12 percentage point jump in seven months. As in June last year, returns ...

Former FTSE director moves to Vanguard

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Vanguard has appointed Julie Andrews as its new head of institutional in Australia. Previously Andrews was a director for the Australian operation of FTSE, the global index provider. She will be responsible for Vanguard's institutional business and ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Super fund returns continued their astounding recovery during December as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed to a 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong ...

Online tool for evaluating super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Investment research provider Lonsec, in partnership with a superannuation research company, today released the Lonsec super comparator, an online tool that allows advisers to easily compare all types of superannuation offerings. The first offering from ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Super fund 12 month rolling returns have dipped back below double digits, but at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Nervousness in underlying global investment markets, caused by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Super funds delivering 12 month returns of 6.8% are now almost two-thirds higher than their cash term deposit counterparts. SelectingSuper has just reported that the workplace default option index for the 12 months to end August 2012 skyrocketed in ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... OneAnswer with 7.3%, CareSuper with 6.4%, Perpetual with 6.1%, and Equipsuper and Vision both with 5.7%. There is one master trust in the Workplace top 10, four in the Personal top 10 and three in the Retirement top 10. SelectingSuper uses the research ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has been accused of 'gazumping' the Productivity Commission inquiry into default super by moving to head off options that would give employers more choice in fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed ...