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QSuper on track to become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... history, the fund remained focused on its current members and their financial wellbeing. "QSuper looks after the retirement funds of one in five working Queenslanders and that's a responsibility we take very seriously," Pennisi said. "Our single-minded ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... 48 asset managers and 42 asset owners, including asset management firms and both public and private pension or retirement funds across Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

AustralianSuper hits the $100bn mark

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
AustralianSuper's retirement funds under management have reached $100 billion for the first time. Australia's largest super fund attributed this to new members and reduced costs. Furthermore, the fund's scale has allowed it greater direct investment ...

Not-for-profit fund buys StatePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... scale to maximise retirement income for our members." The combined business will administer over $21 billion in retirement funds with over 200 financial planners located in metropolitan and regional centres throughout Australia. "For now it is business ...

SME owners urged to streamline their retirement exit strategies

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... and exit strategy in place. Specialist SME business consultancy GSE says for business owners wanting to pad out retirement funds, a strategic succession and exit plan is critical. GSE managing director Paul Leach said: "Australia is getting older, and ...

AMP Capital appoints multi-asset portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... diversified strategies team. Beesley will be responsible for developing and managing AMP Capital's new range of retirement funds, which will be launched this year. He will also assume responsibility for a number of liability-driven investments and report ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... leveraging the organisation's significant strengths in the marketplace." Statewide manages more than $6 billion in retirement funds for more than 145,000 members, located predominantly in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... 0.55% while portfolio advice fees may be up to 1%. Both types of fee will typically be higher for personal and retirement funds. "The range of embedded adviser fees averaging an upper limit of 0.55% matches the trail commission estimate used by Rainmaker ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... nevertheless variations across market segments. Workplace TERs averaged 1.22%, personal funds stood at 1.75% and retirement funds have an average TER of 1.63%. SMSFs have by far the cheapest headline fee rate at 0.8%. There are also variations in average ...

UK moves away from annuities: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... can produce the same outcome with less risk and lower costs, it may be appropriate for at least part of their retirement funds. "One of the biggest challenges with drawdown is where to invest the residual fund to achieve the required balance of return ...