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Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... hasn't lowered fees but because it hasn't lowered them enough. Given that MySuper has already taken a sledgehammer to workplace super fund fees (especially those charged by retail groups) for the FSI to say this is stunning. So expect a ramp up in indexed ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. The scorecard, released by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency that was established by the previous Gillard government to monitor gender participation in the economy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Financial Services Council head John Brogden delivers a speech to the Australian Business Economists conference, and Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Helen Conway is to speak at an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch, all in Sydney. ...

Cbus executive denies perjury allegation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Cbus' head of workplace distribution Maria Butera has denied she committed perjury at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, contradicting claims made by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission, Jeremy Stoljar SC. In his submission ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Less than half of retail workplace default account balances have been transferred across into MySuper products, raising concerns the slow retail MySuper transition is costing retail super fund members hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees. Rainmaker ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index fell sharply during September to return 9.0% compared to 11.1% at end July and 10.6% at end June. Three year super fund average annual returns are, however, higher at 11.7% ...

Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... culture of Cbus. "The conduct can only be explained as a symptom of an unhealthy culture in play within at least the Workplace Distribution team at Cbus. "Their actions betray underlying attitudes. And those attitudes would manifest themselves through ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... funds that account for 22% of KiwiSaver assets under management is meanwhile 0.56%. KiwiSaver is the NZ equivalent of SG workplace default super albeit it operates on an opt-out basis. KiwiSaver, where employers choose from a panel of approved funds ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Fund of the year, MySyper product of the year, long term performance, SMSF administrator of the year, and within the workplace, personal and retirement segments awards for best value-choice, deluxe-choice and premium-choice products. There will also ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... allowing for its tax and costs position, is ahead in adjusted terms of the 12.5% achieved by the average Australian workplace fund default investment option by about 100 basis points notwithstanding in raw terms the FF's 14% return would place it equal ...