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Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Doyle said. "What I think has been wrong is the focus on equity-heavy portfolios, but what we don't want is a completely switch to very defensive portfolios either." Vynokur, who runs a cash ETF through BetaShares, said he has noticed a change in investor ...

Super fund transfer delayed amid COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
AMP has delayed the successor fund transfer of one of its superannuation clients, who previously decided to switch to another fund, citing current market volatility. Anglican National Super in October 2018 decided it would end its 14-year long relationship ...

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... adviser time to focus on delivering advice to their clients. "Prior to this change, if advisers wanted to make any investment switch they would have to manually calculate the buy-sell spread, then get it checked and loaded up into XPLAN," he said. "It ...

Statewide revises down investment objectives, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
The $10 billion industry superannuation fund has issued a notice to members detailing changes to investment fees, admin fees, insurance premiums and investment objectives. Statewide Super has revised its long term investment objectives for high growth ...

CareSuper leads super satisfaction

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... highest current satisfaction rating among Australia's super funds, despite well-publicised issues following an administrator switch. According to February data from Roy Morgan's Superannuation Satisfaction Report, the industry fund improved its customer ...

Your super is safe with us: Silk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
The chief executive of the nation's largest super fund has written to members reassuring them that their super will be safer staying with the fund. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk said during this unprecedented time, members should refrain ...

IMAP not anticipating regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
The chair of IMAP does not expect a major overhaul of the managed accounts space when ASIC's focus returns to the MDA review. Earlier this week, ASIC announced the MDA review is being put on hold, after "recalibrating" its regulatory priorities as it ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Latest analysis of Australia's superannuation industry shows COVID-19 may prove the catalyst for small superannuation funds to finally pull the trigger and merge. Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force ...

Calls for super release to borrow from RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... wouldn't undermine the system," Davis said. To achieve this, Davis said super funds would need to allow members to switch their accounts into "drawdown mode" similar to the accounts used by pensioners. The ATO would need to be notified of members ...

Raiz defends double fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... significantly less than the 8% decline in the ASX200," Lucas said. "This was assisted by the increased propensity of customers to switch between portfolios, for example, from aggressive to conservative, instead of withdrawing their funds, reflecting ...