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Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Industry superannuation fund Rest has launched new indexed options that do not charge investment fees. Introduced to Rest members in December 2018, the three new indexed investment choices offer Australian shares, overseas shares or a balanced option ...

RBF awards $175m credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF), the Tasmanian public sector superannuation fund, has invested US$125 million ($175.6 million) in Shenkman Capital Management's multi-strategy credit strategy. RBF chief investment officer, Dr Ian Lundy, explained that ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Industry representative groups believe the federal government's draft on improved superannuation transparency does not go far enough, with at least $400 billion in retail fund assets escaping proposed disclosure requirements. In submissions to government ...

MTAA Super awards $200m global credit mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... emerging-market debt, where permitted by client guidelines. It fits into MTAA Super's Diversified Fixed Interest My Choice option, which seeks stable returns over the short-to-medium term through reduced exposure to risk. It may be suitable for fund ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... comprehensive nature of product dashboard requirements, saying it was impractical to publish a dashboard for every Choice option. "This is particularly the case as the vast majority of members who use the lesser known options will have access to more ...

Professional Associations Super rebrands to Kinetic Super

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... pension will sit under the Kinetic Super brand name and will launch on 1 July 2013. It will offer a MySuper and Choice option, as well as a pension product. The 355,000 member fund has also released a transition site which includes details of the fund's ...

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Financial Standard. While many dismissed Lifecycle products after a slow uptake when they were offered under the choice option of many funds, like any choice option, most people just sat in the default, he said. Now, Mercer is pushing for a bigger uptake ...

SuperStream compliance poses threat to funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... exactly who is a default member and who isn't before they consolidate any accounts between a MySuper option or a choice option. There will be lot of preparatory work needed to be done well before the official introduction of MySuper in 2013."

UCSuper makes debut in infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The $300 million-plus UCSuper is adding infrastructure for the first time to its portfolio - awarding mandates to Hastings Funds Management and Plenary Investment Management. Neil Kent, general manager of UCSuper, said the infrastructure holdings will ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... strategy to members. "We've considered [closing] it as well, but we will continue to have that as an investment choice option in the fund," he said. "Mainly because our approach is to consider it over the long term basis, and over the longer term, there ...