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Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... change. "Too much political change is rushed in Australia... what I've been pleased about is that while industry and retail funds haven't traditionally sat on the same side of the room, and still certainly snipe at each other, there is a consensus that ...

Illiquid assets boost returns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... factors which tend to reduce liquidity needs - allocate a greater proportion of their portfolio to illiquid assets." Retail funds, in contrast, are giving the asset type a wide berth, noted the regulator. The APRA paper noted that factors influencing ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... future coalition government bring superannuation governance more into line with public companies, notwithstanding retail funds would also be confronted but in different ways. But with unions under pressure to professionalise their member services to ...

BT, MLC rocket up the super charts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... communications director, said the attitude shift is driving a narrowing in perception differences between the segments. "Retail Funds increasing their activity in the low-cost end of the market may also be impacting satisfaction levels," he said. But ...

Advance sells management of $650 million retail funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Equity fund manager Maple-Brown Abbott has acquired the management rights for two of its Australian retail funds with over $650 million in combined funds under management from Advance Asset Management. Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA) has appointed Ironbark ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Within the SelectingSuper performance index research, not-for-profit funds 10 year returns were 5.2% pa compared to retail funds with 3.3% pa. The research said weak equity markets were driving down the super fund performance index, with a 91% correlation ...

MLC head calls for truce after laying blame at industry funds door

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... serves to undermine trust in a system which is largely operating well. "The reality is MLC, and a number of other retail funds, offer superannuation options which are as cheap, if not cheaper than industry funds." Tucker said super funds should be assessed ...

Australian Unity revenue reaches $1bn

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... three unlisted property funds, with over $430 million in FUM, as part of its property growth strategy to build its retail funds business.

Super growth static, public sector grows on Health Super merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... $202.9 billion in total assets. APRA said the sector had positive net rollovers of $9.5 billion for the quarter, while retail funds received $1.5 billion. Industry and corporate funds had negative rollovers of $9.4 billion and $2.4 billion respectively. ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Advice (FOFA) reforms in relation to the super savings of Australians and said it should not be about industry or retail funds, but what is best for the consumer. "It doesn't matter whether an employee is a member of an industry fund or a retail fund ...