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ASIC warns super funds on member communication failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... their game by providing better communication about short-term performance, products and mergers. The information must be balanced and do not undermine the fact that the product failed the test. Trustees must provide clear call-centre transcripts for ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... five years. The data further analysed the success of funds based on investment strategy. It found the top performing balanced funds based on a five-year return to be Qantas Super - Balanced at 6.10% pa, Qantas Super - Glidepath: Destination at 6.10% ...

Crescent Wealth responds to PDS error criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... costs shown in members' annual statements were wrong. Crescent Wealth's disclosed indirect cost ratios for its balanced investment option was 1.18% per annum, when in fact it was 1.91% in FY22. This means that a member with a $50,000 balance ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... the boom in online shopping drove up values. The unlisted property sector makes up about 11% of the super fund's balanced investment option, of which more than 25% is in industrial property. Shifting more assets into industrial property paid off ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... funds' glide paths have dominated defined contribution savings in the US and Canada, whereas in the UK and Australia, balanced funds are the norm. While asset allocation strategies in defined contribution plans have been long debated, the summary ...

ETF industry drops in value

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... long-term outlook for fixed income and equity markets has improved, and if history is any indication, investors who own a balanced portfolio may be rewarded for their patience in due course," he said.

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... automatically deliver outperformance. Moreover, First Super was among the few to end the year in the black. Its default balanced option returned 1% for the current financial year compared to the median industry return of -3.7%. The fund ranks in the ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... dividends at an individual stock level, such that all stocks contribute. Alternatively, or in addition, it may construct a balanced portfolio that delivers a yield premium in aggregate. Classic quality strategies strictly target companies with strong ...

Super fund for women closes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... fund, reporting a fee ratio of 1.13% on a $50,000 balance versus 1.02%. The fund offered just two investment options, Balanced and Growth. According to Aracon Super's 2021 annual report, since inception they returned 5.1% and 5.0% respectively. For ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... navigate difficult global markets. On the back of announcing it had delivered a positive 1.57% return for its members in its Balanced (MySuper) option for the financial year, Hostplus lauded active management's capacity to manage continued volatility. ...