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Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
Last year many superannuation funds revalued their unlisted assets during lockdowns. Now APRA says most of their policies were deficient. Super funds took different approaches to the revaluations. For example, at Cbus the board devalued unlisted assets ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Two days after shelving a planned merger, NGS Super informed members of plans to increase fees on some investment options from October. A spokesperson for the fund said the fee increases "has no connection" to its scrapped merger with Australian Catholic ...

Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
On the opening day of its annual ASI Conference, and in light of the APRA performance test results, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Eva Scheerlinck has expressed concern about the number of Australians that remain unaware their ...

NGS, ACSRF shelve merger plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
After 12 months of discussions, Sydney's Australian Catholic Superannuation and NGS Super have shelved their plans to merge and create a $21.5 billion fund. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2020, after years of informal discussions ...

Lifecycle MySuper outperforms single strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
Lifecycle MySuper was a better bet than single strategy default funds for members below 40 years of age in FY21 as the equity markets rebounded after COVID, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's Lifecycle Index beat its Single Strategy MySuper ...

Industry funds flag $77bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
Two industry superannuation funds announced they are exploring a potential merger to create a $77 billion fund with 1.4 million members. Hostplus and Statewide Super said formal discussions are in the works and that they intend to shortly sign an exclusive ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Industry bodies have varied responses to the passing of the Your Future, Your Super reforms with some saying it will lead to worse outcomes for members. The Your Future, Your Super reforms were passed in the Senate yesterday with an amendment that will ...

YFYS on its way to Senate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The House of Representatives passed hotly-debated Your Future, Your Super bill last night, with Labor getting away with just one of the amendments on its wish list. Best Financial Interest Duty's proposal to give ministers the power to ban superannuation ...

Industry fund ups admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
An $18 billion superannuation fund is increasing its administration fees and adding to its cash option menu from July 1. CareSuper will stop passing on tax benefits to members via the fixed component of the admin fee and the percentage-based portion ...

Stapling will benefit Hostplus: David Elia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... said. "Is it the right thing? That is a completely different debate." The chief executives of UniSuper, Hostplus and Super SA shared their experiences during COVID-19 at a Conference of Major Superannuation Funds panel this morning. Hostplus paid out ...