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Industry fund revamps MySuper offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... default members' exposure to growth assets and fees rise. EISS Super is switching its MySuper options from a "conservative balanced" portfolio to a "balanced portfolio". As a result, the option will go from having an asset allocation of 59% growth ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Jeff Chapman, whose net worth is pegged at more than $800mn, speaks to Financial Standard about his family office investments including Bennelong Funds Management, and generosity. What were your goals in setting up your family office? Jeff Chapman ...

RBA blames lack of demand in property downturn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... housing market remains low, credit growth is likely to remain low, even as prices pick up. Households may be more conservative in their willingness to borrow given low income growth." "Lenders are applying tighter standards than in the past. Both of ...

One in three chance of global recession: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
Aviva Investors has warned of a one in three chance of a global recession next year, saying the trade and manufacturing sector is already at recessionary levels. The global asset manager outlines in its report that it expects global growth to remain ...

Industry fund implements fee changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... However, fees on the balanced option have grown from 0.20% p.a. to 0.22% p.a. and those charged to members in the conservative option have increased to 0.19% p.a., up from 0.16%. Rainmaker research shows Equip Corporate and Equip MyFuture rank 12th and ...

Corporate, industry fund merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... and Dow Australia." In the three years to December 2018, DowASF's growth option saw a return of 2.5%, while its conservative option saw 2% over the same period. According to Rainmaker data, the average three-year return for MySuper offerings to December ...

Return to the mutual model: Expert

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... the 1990s during a steady stream of amalgamations and buy-outs the industry lost its sense of purpose and abandoned conservative principles. "In hindsight the post mutual era has been a disaster and with major banks announcing they are jettisoning their ...

MLC funds tone down return expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... and is cutting fees. MLC wholesale inflation plus portfolios are offered in three profiles: assertive, moderate and conservative. They aimed to beat inflation by 6%, 5% and 3.5% p.a. previously. Last month, and before the RBA's Tuesday rate cut ...

Calls for better drawdown rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... million, sparking calls from Willis Towers Watson for better drawdown rules to ensure retirees aren't being too conservative with their spending. Willis Towers Watson's head of retirement Nick Callil said the retirement income system needs to ...

Adviser cops 262 month jail sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
A financial adviser in the US will spend the next 22 years in prison after he defrauded his own family out of millions. Treyton Lee Thomas has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for wire fraud and 60 months for tax evasion to run concurrently, as ...