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Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... returns at 7.9% pa and 10 year returns at 5.7% pa. It is worth noting that this is the first time that the 10 year return has fallen below 6% since August 2012. Overall the SelectingSuper index has been sustained by international equities that returned ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... 15,408 risk options offered by 235 super funds and master trusts, revealed that average sum insured per dollar per week has fallen 4.6% over the past 12 months for combined death and total permanent disability (TPD) cover and 5.6% for death-only cover. ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... managing the portfolio." Figures released in the latest update reveal that the fund's allocation to Australian equities has fallen to just 6.4%, less than the 7.9% it holds in emerging markets. Almost a fifth of the fund (18.8%) is invested in developed ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... applies in relation to wholesale versus retail super funds," the report said. The report also showed that super fees have fallen 40% in the last five years while funds under management have risen 50% over the same period.

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Super fund fees have fallen 40% in the last five years owing to regulatory shifts and technological innovation, but the fall has not unduly impacted providers' bottom lines, according to the latest comprehensive survey of the sector by Rainmaker. The ...

Australian among most influential investment consultants

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... Australian consultant featured. Last year John Coombe of JANA Investment Advisers was selected at number eight but has fallen off the 2015 list. Trafford-Walker told the magazine she would most like to work with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, but ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... DEXX&R's research also shows that lapse rates are also steadily falling; from June 2013 to June 2015, the attrition rate has fallen from 15.4% to 14.4%. Business in the group risk sector also grew in the year to June 2015, by 15% to $5.5 billion. "All ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... that the countdown is already upon us." Pointing to the music, book, film and newspaper industries; where revenues have fallen 35% amidst a 46% market shift to digital; Duncombe exposed the fate that awaits those companies that stubbornly refuse to keep ...

AMP loses risk lump sum market share

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... December 2014. AMP retains the top spot, with over $1 billion in inflows, but its overall market share in the sector has fallen from 16.9% to 16.3% in the past six months. NAB/MLC also saw a market share decline, from 13.8% to 13.6%. At the same time ...