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Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... independent, objective and transparent research process using actuarial disciplines and provide industry participants with a benchmark to compare performance and provide consumers with an insight into best practice.

APRA to disclose MySuper product YFYS test values

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... released in December this year. The regulator also disclosed the representative administration fees and expenses (RAFE) benchmark used for the inaugural performance test, which was 0.3286%. These FAQs and answers were added to the regulator's extensive ...

Super fund documents unreadable: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... benchmarks. Scores fell short on grade level and active voice benchmarks overall," Ethos CRS said. For grade level, the benchmark was seven - clear to anyone with a lower-secondary education. The average score across the funds was 13.5, suggesting members ...

APRA to weed out underperforming choice products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... choice products with 43,000 investment options in total, choice products underperformed a risk-adjusted, peer-derived benchmark by more than 75 basis point compared to MySuper options. Further, performance of choice products with similar allocations ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... (NZE2050)," QSuper said. QSuper measures its exposures against an adjusted MSCI All Countries World Index (MSCI ACWI) benchmark to reflect material differences in geographies, which the fund says better reflects its overall investment strategy. For instance ...

Morningstar launches multi-asset indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Morningstar has launched new target allocation indexes to benchmark multi-sector funds in Australia and New Zealand. The launch of the Morningstar Australia and New Zealand Target Allocation Index Family follows recent research from the rating house ...

Ex-Pengana staff launch boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Management fees start at about 0.35% per annum while performance fees sit at 20% p.a. "We have long-term aims of beating the benchmark, doing it with low volatility and doing so in a sustainable fashion. There may be some managers that focus on one or ...

Colonial First State seeks MySuper redemption

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... products. "It is important for our members that we act quickly to ensure that our MySuper products not only meet the benchmark test next year but outperform it in the long run," CFS Superannuation chief executive Kelly Power said. "This is our top priority ...

New equities fund at Australian Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... and additional estimated costs of 0.05% plus a performance fee of 15% of outperformance net of management fees. The benchmark unaware fund is currently invested in Bendigo Bank, NIB, Cochlear and Contact Energy, among other holdings. Australian Ethical ...

Ellerston to shutter Morphic ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... returned 34.47%, beating the MSCI All Countries World Daily Total Return Net Index's 26.45%. It's also beaten the benchmark over the last three years and CYTD, bringing in 26.98% compared to 18.70%. The fund was even a finalist in the 2021 Financial ...