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MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
With three months to go until employers will be allowed to send superannuation guarantee contributions only to super funds that have been authorised to offer MySuper products, there are only 78 funds MySuper authorised. According to figures from the ...

Sunsuper launches MySuper fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
The $24 billion Sunsuper fund has launched its MySuper product, a lifestyle fund which automatically transitions members into lower risk assets as they approach retirement. From 1 January next year, it will be compulsory for employers to pay default ...

Australian Ethical MySuper option approved

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Australian Ethical has been granted approval for its MySuper product by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund, which becomes the 74th to gain APRA approval, will use its existing Balanced fund as its MySuper option. It will ...

ANZ, BHP, Tidswell get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
ANZ, BHP and Tidswell Financial Services have gained MySuper authorisation, taking the number of funds licensed to accept default SG MySuper contributions to 73. ANZ's authorisation for its Smart Choice Super product is bundled through the OnePath Masterfund ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Uncertainty in the wake of the global financial crisis has accelerated the move away from defined benefit (DB) retirement schemes, and towards defined contribution (DC) schemes, according the 2013 Create survey. The survey, which included responses ...

Mercer gives taster of MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Mercer has developed a "whole-of-life" lifecycle default fund which it will use as its MySuper product. The fund, named 'SmartPath', is already being advertised on Mercer's website, and will be available on 1 January 2014. Mercer partner Graeme Mathers ...

Plum, Virgin get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... foray of the NAB/MLC group into the MySuper race, signalling that MLC authorisations should follow shortly. Plum's MySuper product will be known as Plum MySuper and Virgin's will be known as Virgin Super Essentials, the latter is very similar to the ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... performance. In recommendation 4.6, the review said: "It should be mandatory, when referring to past performance of a MySuper product or a choice investment option, to disclose a standardised measure of the uncertainty or volatility associated with the ...

AMP, Bendigo and MTAA get MySuper licenses

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... will be administered by its associated trustee Sandhurst Trustees Limited. MTAA Super has meanwhile named its MySuper product My AutoSuper. The licensing of AMP and Bendigo takes to five the number of retail groups now with MySuper authority: Commbank/CFS ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Westpac and BT Financial Group has become only the third retail conglomerate superannuation provider to gain MySuper authorisation. The wealth group has been approved to offer three MySuper products that will be used across its ASGARD, BTFG and Westpac ...