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MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... infrastructure, would be another measure worthy of greater analysis. "Currently there is little or no ability for SMSF and retail funds to pool funds and invest in reforming infrastructure. A program of infrastructure bonds managed by a regulator is ...

MySuper assets rise strongly

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... NFP is driven primarily by the transferring of default account balances by NFP funds, Rainmaker said. In contrast, retail funds have typically set up new MySuper products rather than transition accounts across from existing products-explaining why retail ...

Retail funds risk member exodus

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
More than 20% of retail superannuation fund members are thinking about leaving within the next five years, CoreData research found. Members likely or very likely to move to another fund regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... 2010 which compared the prices paid to independent suppliers and related party (in-house) suppliers by for-profit retail funds and by not-for-profit super funds, ISA has updated the ongoing costs through to 2014. While all super funds outsource administration ...

SMSFs hurt more than APRA funds in downturn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... year to September overall assets increased by 6.5%, while SMSFs grew by only 3.5%. In contrast the annual growth for retail funds was 6.8%, industry funds at 11.2%, and public sector funds at 9.4%. Meanwhile corporate fund assets continued to fall and ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... national fund in non-government schools." NGS Super chair Dick Shearman said the master trust structure is well used by retail funds to gain benefits of size while still enabling marketing of individual funds within the trust. "We think the master trust ...

ASFA reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Board. With more than 40 years of combined experience, they will be well placed to represent service providers and retail funds respectively, and assist ASFA in its mission to achieve the best possible retirement outcomes for members of super funds." ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... provided for 'platform-based' choice superannuation products, offered predominantly by 'for profit' bank-owned and retail funds. This will allow them to continue to avoid disclosing underlying costs on many of their products." Whiteley acknowledged that ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... managers in Australia such as Platinum Asset Management and Magellan Asset Management are seeing strong inflows to their retail funds. But demand for global equities funds managed from Australia or taking Australian investors into account is only increasing. ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... of larger funds and 7% of smaller funds. It must be noted that of the 72 super funds, most were not-for-profit as retail funds do not have the same disclosure or ownership of roles. Unsurprisingly the Rainmaker research showed the highest number of executive ...