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Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Australia's biggest super fund has been crowned fund of the year at this year's Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning. The $167 billion AustralianSuper took home the coveted title. Rainmaker executive director of research ...

Industry fund awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... industry funds. Bond option best performing The $8.5 billion superannuation fund's bond option is the top performer on SelectingSuper workplace super performance tables for fixed interest investment options to May 31. It has a 6.5% p.a. return over the ...

Industry fund dips toes in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... believes valuations are over-heated by artificially low interest rates. Its bond option is now the top performer on SelectingSuper personal super performance tables to March 13, with a 6.5% return over the year and the investments are managed through ...

Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... funds. Following an in-depth assessment of 750 superannuation products, only 174 or 23.2% received the Rainmaker SelectingSuper AAA Quality rating. Some of the super fund providers that earned the ratings are: Hostplus, LUCRF Super, Prime Super, REI ...

Former super fund investment lead joins consultancy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... at Commonwealth Bank Group Super. Parlevliet has won several awards for his work in the industry, including the SelectingSuper 'Industry Service Award' in 2017. He is currently a non-executive director of Prime Super, La Trobe Financial and the ...

Industry fund strengthens board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... for eight years to June 2017. Prior to this he served in the same role at Telstra Super for a decade. At the 2017 SelectingSuper Awards, Rainmaker Group managing director Christopher Page presented Merlicek with the Industry Service Award for their outstanding ...

Women-led super funds continue to shine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... just 47%. CareSuper, HESTA, VicSuper, Energy Super and Tasplan achieved the highest diversity scores in the annual SelectingSuper W-Index, measuring the gender diversity of boards and leadership teams. The average score was 30%, meaning typically three ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... workplace super default single strategy investment options (on a three-year basis to 31 December 2018), according to SelectingSuper tables. Returns were 4.4% pa. An MLC spokesperson was unable to comment further on why MLC decided to increase growth ...

State government awards super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... 2014. AustralianSuper has been managing these products since 31 January 2015. AustralianSuper and Statewide are SelectingSuper AAA-rated funds.

The $500k price tag on bad super choices

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... fund could leave the average Australian worker more than $500,000 poorer over their lifetime, latest research from SelectingSuper found. The research considered an average employee's salary, fees and contributions over 45 years of a working life ...