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Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... Your Future, Your Super, Jones said for the most part this has been a good thing, particularly those driven by underperformance. "If anything, I'd like to see some of the friction removed from the process so that funds that have decided it's ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... year's performance test for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. Westpac must now identify the causes of underperformance and set about working to correct it. It must also assess the potential implications of the failure on the fund and ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
While the annual Your Future, Your Super performance test is focused on stamping out underperformance, its impact on industry consolidation is likely already shifting, according to KPMG. The results of the second annual performance test are expected ...

ASIC highlights strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... that improve transparency. It will conduct surveillance of trustees' oversight of advice fee deduction, monitor underperformance notifications and other communications by trustees that have products that fail the APRA performance test and take enforcement ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
New analysis by VanEck questions why so many investors continue to invest in active funds, saying underperformance by active managers is not a recent phenomenon. According to the SPIVA scorecard produced by the S&P Dow Jones Indices, over the last 15 ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... they're prepared for the consequences; these funds will not be allowed to accept any new members until their underperformance is addressed. And while the expansion of the test to Choice products has been put on hold, APRA will release its second Choice ...

APRA sheds light on YFYS Performance Test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... in conjunction with the ATO's Your Super comparison tool, is intended to hold RSE licensees to account for underperformance.

ETF Securities to win Australian crypto ETF race

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... class." "Australian investor interest in cryptocurrencies has not waned in recent months even as we have seen underperformance and with bitcoin's recent sell-off as well, it may present an opportunity for investors who have been looking for attractive ...

New research backs diversified SMSF portfolios

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... those SMSFs that allocate a greater proportion of their assets to cash and term deposits also saw significant underperformance. However, typical fund performance does not appear to maximise for those that minimise their allocations to these assets. Instead ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... 2021 it had just $2.1 billion in funds under management. In early December, Christian Super's "persistent underperformance" saw APRA tell the fund it must merge by 31 July 2022. The directive followed an investigation into the fund's investment ...