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NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... funds registered to operate as Kiwisaver funds, of which only four are not-for-profit with the remaining 29 being retail funds.

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... percentage points in June 2009 when GFC-1 was in full swing. "The satisfaction gap between Industry Funds and the Big 6 Retail Funds has continued to narrow in recent times and at 3.5%, is now at its smallest since before the Global Financial Crisis," ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... market volatility. According to Rainmaker research, equity weightings for not-for-profit funds average 52% but for retail funds it's 61% and if you include retail's preference for listed rather than direct property this increases to 66%, explaining why ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... difference where you've got a systemic market shake out like this, it just effects everything." According to Rainmaker, retail funds hold 36% of their assets in Australian equities, while not for profit and self managed super funds have 30% each. The ...

AUI expands with property fund acquisitions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... three unlisted property funds, with over $430 million in FUM, as part of its property growth strategy to build its retail funds business. Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has entered into an agreement with Investa Property Group to acquire the Responsible ...

Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... reserves, how they are going to be held, how they are going to be calculated and how they are going to be used," he said. Retail funds were not looked at as they belong to a larger financial entity with separate reserve capacity, Huppert said, while ...

Government takes no sides in industry-retail super split

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... group could not reach agreement on the proposal to have a single fee structure for super funds with a split between retail funds and industry funds. Super funds provide discounted fees in large corporate deals, due to lower costs of processing. A source ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... talent with the right mix of skills. But if the proof is in the pudding, industry funds have so far outperformed retail funds. According to Rainmaker research over the last five years to May, default investment options in retail superannuation funds ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... at a luncheon organised by the Association of Financial Advisers that the industry needed to stop its infighting. "Retail funds bag industry funds, corporate funds bag industry funds, industry funds bag retail funds, everyone bags SMSFs and SMSFs don't ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
AMP has joined the chorus of retail funds who want the current award system opened to more competition, giving their superannuation funds greater access to default-fund advantage. AMP has tried repeatedly to join an industry award through Fair Work ...