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Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
New research shows that industry funds are winning post-super choice, despite the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reporting that the proportion of private sector workers belonging to a union is only 15 per cent. According to the ABS, less than ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... trusts and two corporate funds making up the top 10 performers over the last 12 months. But over five years only one master trust, Australian Unity, made the cut. Despite the leading funds matching eachother, the not for profit one year average of 13.4 ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Eleven consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that ...

EQT completes its eastern-seaboard network

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Entrenching its strategy to become a fully integrated eastern-seaboard trustee and fund services, funds management and advisory group, Equity Trustees (EQT) is holding its first board meeting in Sydney after celebrating the opening of its Brisbane office ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Default investment options of not-for-profit funds as a group continue to outperform master trust default options but the gap has narrowed by two-thirds in just the last three years. According to research just released by Rainmaker, in 2003-04 the gap ...

EQT expands into Queensland

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... in Melbourne and have recently complemented this in Sydney through the acquisition of the Wealthpac superannuation master trust. With a solid base on which to build, the timing is right to expand into growth markets such as Queensland." Hanlon said EQT ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to cut through incessant debates about how we measure super fund performance by adopting a 'net benefit to member' (NMTM) model focusing on the ...

Statewide boosts investment team

... opportunities. Magill added that he will also take on some responsibility for helping to establish the Statewide master trust. "The master trust will include unitising and offer Statewide investments, so we were looking for someone like Graham, who also ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

... data from SelectingSuper has shown that industry funds have also delivered higher returns. For example, the average master trust (default investment option) returned 12.1 per cent, 11.5 per cent and 5.7 per cent per year over 1, 3 and 5 years to 30 June ...

Aon boosts its board

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
Aon Master Trust has appointed two independent directors to its board to help boost compliance and corporate governance standards. Paul Mazoudier, formerly a managing partner of law firm Minter Ellison, has taken on the role of director and chairman ...