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AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is concerned that mandatory transfer to default MySuper products could lead to consumers losing their existing insurance arrangements and asked for an opt-in arrangement to MySuper. AFA chief executive Brad ...

Low cost retail jumps 82pct

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
While Rainmaker estimates the low cost retail segment to amount to less than $10 billion, the segment is inline for rapid growth underpinned by the MySuper transition and impact of FOFA. Rainmaker has just released its June 2014 Advantage report containing ...

FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The release of the first set of MySuper data has fuelled the ongoing stoush between the retail and industry superannuation sectors. The Financial Services Council (FSC) claimed that the figures, released yesterday by the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

First hard MySuper APRA data released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... dollar coverage means approximately half of workplace default FUM has already been transferred across into the MySuper product class, a rate of transfer that is much faster than many industry commentators expected. However, according to APRA analysis ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will treat MySuper product data as non-confidential, following a period of industry consultation. APRA said the industry "generally supported" APRA's proposal to treat data as non-confidential if ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
First State Super has radically reduced the investment fees across its domestic and global equities and fixed interest investment options, in some cases by more than 80%. The previous investment fee, for example, of the fund's Australian Equities option ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...