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SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has submitted a paper in response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) discussion paper, outlining how superannuation investments in the private sector can drive long-term financial system stability ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... funds to make the shortlist," Grattan said. Turning to quick wins, Grattan said the government should look to performance test account-based pensions. In fact, it wants to see all retirement products assessed. "These reforms could boost the incomes of ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... allocations of 52% and 50% respectively. Grigg added that despite the introduction of the Your Future, Your Super performance test in 2021 and the resulting increased focus on benchmark-relative returns, the allocation to alternatives has marginally ...

Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
The Grattan Institute is urging the government to mandate the partial annuitisation of Australians' superannuation and implement the 'best-in-show' list of funds to help simplify a "complex" system and allow retirees to spend their savings ...

Analyst Moves: Franklin Templeton, JANA, Bain, MLC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... developing tailored investment strategies. He also ensures that JANA clients outperform the Your Future, Your Super Performance Test metric while staying abreast of the latest regulations from APRA. On the research front, Sandhu looks after publicly ...

APRA questioned on super performance test

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... holds super funds are adequate, or if there should be more focus put on super fund net returns. Cole said the performance test is run on regulations set out by the government and any change in those settings would have to come from the government. "We ...

Choice products continue to overshadow MySuper: APRA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... performance of products across the entire superannuation industry has improved following the introduction of the performance test and APRA's heatmaps, there are still underperforming products that need improvement particularly among choice product ...

APRA calls out high-cost super platforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... Product Performance Package (CPPP), brings together the product performance metrics underpinning the legislated performance test and APRA's superannuation heatmaps. APRA noted there was a significant drop in the number of products that failed the performance ...

Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... Advertising of super products at this stage will be limited to MySuper offerings that have passed the most recent performance test, Treasury said. Finally, the ATO's Small Business Superannuation Clearing House will be retired from 1 July 2026. Treasury ...

All MySuper products pass super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
All MySuper products passed this year's superannuation performance test with flying colours for the first time, while some trustee directed products (TDPs) need to lift their game, according to APRA. APRA assessed the performance of 57 MySuper products ...