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Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... executive Grant Forster said. "The industry has not been focused enough on segregating investors with different needs; retail funds have 70 years olds and 27 year olds in the same products," he said. Forster explained that infrastructure and real estate ...

Austock Life appoints national sales manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Gobbo, a sales and distribution manager with over 25 years of experience in building and managing sales teams for retail funds and master trusts. Gobbo has an extensive network of financial advisers and has worked with BT for 22 years in a number of ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... private investors looking to satisfy philanthropic tendencies but also to see a return. Whether they are attractive to retail funds is another question. Retail fund Australian Ethical said they do not currently invest in SBBs, but are interested in doing ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... recovering posting a 3.0% return - exceeding inflation. Not-for-profit funds achieved 12 month returns of 12.8% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 12.3%. The segment gap is thus 0.5 percentage points, about one-third it's long term ...

Retirement platforms to become the new battleground

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... a steady share of the market, at around 24% in 2033. This suggests MySuper products will not be the main focus of retail funds. At the other end of the scale, it is expected the investment (non-super) platforms' share of the market will continue to fall ...

Industry funds lead super growth in March quarter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... funds grew by 4.3% ($2.5 billion) to $60.3 billion, public sector funds by 4.3% ($10.3 billion) to $247.2 billion and retail funds by 4.2% ($16.9 billion) to $415 billion. APRA also reported that contributions to funds with at least $50 million in assets ...

Smartphone apps could increase super engagement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... engaged". Generally, member satisfaction has risen, with corporate funds leading the way with 62.1% member satisfaction. Retail funds, however, scored lowest on member satisfaction. CoreData said that better targeted communication is key in improving ...

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... professional advice and wealth management market. "Products like AMP's SuperIQ go some way towards addressing their [retail funds'] lack of exposure to the SMSF market by providing a simple all-in-one solution for administration and investment management ...

Super fund returns fall to 10.8%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... posting a 3.1% return - slightly exceeding inflation. Not-for-profit funds achieved 12 month returns of 11.1% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 10.1%. The segment gap is thus 1.0 percentage points, about half it's long term average ...

Super funds at a 34-month high

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... reported that according to the SelectingSuper survey not-for-profit funds achieved 12 month returns of 12.8% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 12.4%. The 0.4 percentage point segment gap is less than a quarter its normal level though ...