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AMP reduces super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... make significant savings. As a result of consolidating its superannuation products from 11 to three, AMP's MySuper members will see an 8% drop on average across dollar administration and investment fees. Those in Choice products will see an average ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... MySuper product FirstChoice was recently named among the 13 funds that failed APRA's first performance test for MySuper members. On the day CFS was slated to receive the results (and a day before APRA posted the results more widely), it announced ...

Occupational exclusions under scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... Occupational exclusions in default insurance policies affect the automatic acceptance of default cover for some new MySuper members and may also have significant consequences where a member changes occupation, Hume said. The review will focus on life ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... exactly why the fund has overhauled its approach. "We had a strategy in place that was more defensive for our MySuper members, and when the Global Financial Crisis hit and 25% of members went to cash, that showed us that we had to be very conscious of ...

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
The industry superannuation fund has delivered 21.32% per annum for its MySuper members, the majority of which are invested in this option. The $68 billion Hostplus said the result for its MySuper (Balanced) option is its "best-ever single-year performance" ...

Cost of group insurance declines

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... Default insurance in superannuation report shows. ASIC's review of the group insurance market found that two MySuper members will receive different covers at varying prices. For example, a 30-year-old woman's total premium varied by 25 times ...

Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... option. Effective June 2021, Aware will move its MySuper products from two age-based stages to 11 stages. All Aware MySuper members up to age of 55 will go into the multi-asset high growth option. Those above 65 will be invested in the balanced growth ...

Mercer restructures fees, asset allocation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... and simplifying fee structures. From 1 April 2021, Mercer Super Trust will drop two sets of headline admin fees. MySuper members in Mercer SmartPath will see admin fees reduce from 0.55% to 0.34%. Choice members will see admin fees go from 0.60% to 0.39%. ...

APRA highlights heatmaps success

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... so far has been that the publication of the MySuper heatmaps has been an effective prudential tool, with 42% of MySuper members seeing a reduction in fees and costs since the publication of the first heatmap. "This translates to 6.1 million members saving ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... went on to explain the heatmap has been a "game changer" for transparency across the industry as more than 40% of MySuper members have had fees reduced since December. "The flip side, however, is that inaction, or inadequate action, by some funds has ...