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Qantas Super, Australian Retirement Trust to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Qantas Super is poised to merge with $300 billion industry fund Australian Retirement Trust (ART). Subject to final assessments of members' best financial interests and equivalency rights, the merger would see Qantas Super's $9 billion in funds ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Vanguard Super's default MySuper lifecycle investment option has posted a 13.2% return in its first full financial year. This investment option outperformed some of Australia's largest superannuation funds, surpassing all industry funds on a one-year ...

Colonial First State reports strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has posted double digit returns for its MySuper balanced and growth funds during FY24. CFS's FirstChoice Employer Super balanced fund (MySuper Lifestage 1965-69) achieved a 12.1% return, while its FirstChoice Employer Super ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The $175 billion superannuation fund welcomed its first head of corporate development as it looks to be a "merger partner of choice" in the industry. Craig Stevens joined Aware Super this week in the role, coming across from Vanguard Australia where ...

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
The best superannuation fund products, based on factors such as investment performance, insurance, fees, and organisational strength, have been named. Rainmaker Information awarded its annual "symbol of excellence" AAA Quality Rating to 48 super funds ...

Future Super acquires GuildSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Future Super Group is ramping up its growth strategy, entering the default super space with the acquisition of GuildSuper. The deal with GuildSuper will see Future Group add about $2.77 billion in funds under management and 99,000 members. This includes ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
While adding a new head of portfolio management and chief operating officer for investments, Aware Super has lost one of its key portfolio managers to an asset consultant. Evidentia Group has appointed Jo Cornwell as head of manager research and a member ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Vanguard has delivered a stark reminder of the resilience of long-term investing with its 22 nd annual Index Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian ...

Aware Super returns 10.7% for FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
The super fund delivered 10.7% to members sitting in its default MySuper Lifecycle option, with investment chief Damian Graham saying a pivot away from certain unlisted asset sectors proved the right call. Aware's default MySuper option is a lifecycle ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...