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Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... introduced tomorrow, which super funds would make the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis of three-year returns - as at November 2018 - shows the top 10 would comprise ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... Report released in May 2018. Chief among the recommendations was pushing ahead with a best-in-show shortlist of MySuper products, despite feedback from the industry that feared it would "game" the process and harm competition. Members should be able ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... competition and create huge barriers for innovative new products." "However, we strongly support raising the bar for MySuper products to ensure individuals are not defaulted into poorly performing funds. True competition requires high-performing funds ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... "disappointed" that ASIC has not backed this. "This is critical to enable consumers to compare the fees and costs of MySuper products with the fees and costs of superannuation held via a platform. Most bank-owned and other retail choice superannuation ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... was -2.3% as opposed to products with 80% or above growth assets returning -4.2%," Antil said. While non-profit MySuper products earned -2.9%, retail MySuper products reported returns of -4%. This retail under-performance happened regardless of the growth ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... Despite capital markets uncertainty, through the past 12 months the average portfolio weighting of single strategy MySuper products to fixed interest has held steady at 13%, the researcher added.

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... ramp up if choice super products continue to be allowed to play to different disclosure and reporting rules than MySuper products. Commenting on the research, Clarke said the lobbying efforts of the for-profit sector had proven fruitful. "The research ...

Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Robert confirmed the government will amend the Bill to extend the outcomes test to choice products as well as MySuper products. "The extended outcomes test will impose a new covenant on trustees which extends the current obligation on MySuper trustees ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... changed the comparative sticker price fees across the market with retail funds offering many of the lowest price MySuper products available," said Dunnin. While the headline fee might be lower for some products, he added it is useful to look at administration ...

Choice members worse off in retirement: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... to experience a worse outcome. "There is a general view that members who choose to invest their super outside MySuper products should achieve a better outcome as they are tailoring their investment decisions to their personal circumstances and financial ...