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Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... MySuper product is considered high risk. Rounding out the top three for MySuper performance were two more industry funds. Hostplus took second place with 15.3% over one year and 10% per annum over three. It has $28.4 billion in its MySuper strategy. ...

LGIAsuper revises down unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... revised down the value of its property and infrastructure in response to COVID-19, joining AustralianSuper, UniSuper and Hostplus. LGIAsuper reduced the valuation of its property portfolio by 5% and infrastructure portfolio by 3%. The changes translate ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... director Trevor Geffin agrees and sees many balanced options in super that he thinks could be serving consumers better. Hostplus' balanced option has a 0% allocation to cash and fixed income, Geffin said, and 25% defensive disclosed. He also pointed ...

Hostplus responds to PDS controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Hostplus has responded to a series of reports suggesting the fund does not have ample liquidity to handle the government's plan to allow people to access their super early and claims it updated its PDS in preparation for mass redemptions. As part of ...

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Superannuation funds, including AustralianSuper, Hostplus and Rest, have been slashing the value of their unlisted assets - now Willis Towers Watson is interrogating why. In a new paper, Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Nick Kelly said ...

Wholesale property fund revises down valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Johnston said. The revisions in managed funds across real assets come after superannuation funds like AustralianSuper and Hostplus have adjusted their valuations for such assets post COVID-19. Last week, the government asked superannuation funds to submit ...

Super funds probed on liquidity, rental assistance measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... each superannuation fund's portfolio. It has a special focus on revaluation of unlisted assets, where some funds like Hostplus, UniSuper and AustralianSuper have made their marking down of their values public. All superannuation fund will now have to ...

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... Another industry super fund has reduced the value of its unlisted assets as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic worsen. Hostplus has devalued assets within its property and infrastructure portfolios by a range of 7.5%-10% depending on the individual ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Speaking to Financial Standard, Hostplus chief executive David Elia has said it's the super funds with higher average account balances that should be worried about the impact of the early release scheme. Hitting back at public commentary suggesting ...

ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... most Australians, who have met the news that they can access their own savings for this unforeseen crisis with relief." Hostplus responded positively to the decision saying it will streamline the approval process and make it easier for funds and members ...