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Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
APRA released its 2017 superannuation fund level statistics and it shows that of the 170 funds included in their report, less than half experienced growth in net new membership. Reinforcing the growing dominance of not-for-profit super funds, they accounted ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Superannuation funds with significant levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
The growth of industry superannuation funds significantly outpaced retail funds in the year to December 2017, latest APRA statistics show. Industry funds saw assets surge 18.3% to $589.8 billion year-on-year, largely driven by net contributions flows ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Platinum co-founder and chief executive Kerr Neilson will hand over the reins to his successor on July 1. Neilson will remain a member of the Platinum investment team and an executive director on the board. In a letter to Platinum shareholders, Neilson ...

TelstraSuper appoints strategy lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
TelstraSuper is welcoming a new head of strategy and project delivery, joining from a $1.5 billion retail fund. The corporate superannuation fund confirmed Guild Retirement Fund's head of customer engagement, David Frost will commence in the new role ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... build on our six-year track record of high performance and take the next step in our growth with the launch of the new retail fund class." He was referring to Avenir launching the retail class of its concentrated global equities fund, the Avenir Global ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... Unisuper (66.4%), First State Super (64.6%) and HESTA (62.3%). Colonial First State was the highest ranking large retail fund, coming in sixth at 61.2%. MLC (55.8%), BT (55.8%), OnePath (54.7%) and AMP (54.2%) followed. The biggest improvement came from ...

Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... superannuants, 6.8 million (50.7%) belong to an industry super fund. In comparison, 3.9 million (29.1%) are members of a retail fund. This is bolstered by the additional growth potential afforded if industry funds are able to retain their members through ...

New ASFA board announced

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Group, and Peter Carrigy-Ryan, chief executive of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation will join the board as a retail fund representative and a public sector fund representative respectively. ASFA chair Michael Easson said Howes and Carrigy-Ryan ...

ASIC brings in disclosure expert to review RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
ASIC has appointed a veteran of managed investments and superannuation regulation to review the costs disclosure settings in RG97. Darren McShane, most recently chief regulation and policy officer of Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority ...