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SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... benchmarks of say 1.3% to challenge a super fund's value proposition is meanwhile a blunt instrument that would impact MySuper products such as some of those offered by AMP, BTFM, Mercer and Perpetual - hardly superannuation brands unable to deliver ...

Australian Ethical reduces super fee

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... MySuper product, according to Rainmaker. But with a revised TER of 1.54% it will still be among the highest priced MySuper products in the market nothwithstanding prior to the fee reduction it was the most expensive.

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... data shows. The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures also show that total assets in MySuper products grew by 6.2% over the same period, now reported at more than $420 billion. The statistics were released in APRA's March 2015 ...

APRA releases super performance profiles

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... totaled $1.93 trillion with a 9.3% increase in total superannuation assets from December 2013. Total assets in MySuper products totaled $395.7 billion at the end of the December 2014 quarter with a 36.5% increase in 12 months.

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Commission selection process prevents access by some of the cheapest MySuper default funds to the market. Allowing all MySuper products to compete for default fund status will deliver lower fees." In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... this may mean planning for exit from the industry. This is particularly relevant for those trustees offering MySuper products. We would encourage all trustees, however, to embrace change, challenge past approaches and practices when necessary, and always ...

APRA releases super reporting standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... reporting of investment data and data that is otherwise required to be included in Product Disclosure Statements for MySuper products. In a statement APRA said it has also deferred the reporting of some investment performance data until legislative requirements ...

Government needs to allow retail default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... FSC chief excecutive Sally Loane said: "The MySuper default sector already has a quality filter. "APRA approves MySuper products as meeting the legal consumer protection and performance requirements which are expected of a default superannuation fund." ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... allocation." Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane welcomed the focus on fees among default MySuper products especially as some of the lowest cost MySuper products are retail products, a point reinforced by separate research released ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Rice Warner consultant, market insights Nathan Bonarius has criticised standardised fee disclosure for MySuper products, arguing it allows funds to distort their fee structures. Although Bonarius applauded the intent behind the standardisation of fee ...