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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% ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Telstra Super, UniSuper, Vision Super, VISSF and Zurich Super Plan. Page said the superannuation sector, as a result of MySuper and the FOFA reforms, is going through its most innovative period ever and that will be the theme of this year's awards br ...

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Personal super funds (by balanced options) were Rio Tinto Super with 13.5%, IOOF ESP with 13.1%, Telstra Super with 12.8%, Equip Super with 12.4% and CFS First Choice with 12.2%. The top five Retirement super funds (by balanced options) were VISSF with ...

Drastically limit number of default funds: Grattan CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... we concentrate on net benefit outcomes." The conversation, which included senior executives from Cbus, NAB, ESSSuper and Equip, also covered the possible limitation of annual contributions to $10,000, and the cost benefits of better, more uniform technology. ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... members. Yet even in this environment some funds have been able to buck the trend, securing improved terms for their members. Equip has slashed premiums on its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover as well as its salary continuance cover. ...

Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Equip has announced cuts to premiums for its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover and its salary continuance cover. Equip's chief executive officer Danielle Press said the reductions were the result of thorough examination of the fund's ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... and build their member bases, according to Geoff Brooks, executive officer of strategic marketing and communications at Equip. Brooks said that banks were doing a particularly good job of providing a "single window into our financial lives," adding ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Superannuation fund Equip will launch a retirement phase version of MySuper, called 'Equip MyPension', on 1 July this year, chief executive Danielle Press has revealed. The product is designed to be a default pension fund for members in the MySuper ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... retail wealth management groups. "The superannuation battleground is going heat up in 2014 with the full implementation of MySuper. The growing importance of retirement products will just add to this pressure as will the reality of how self-managed super ...

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... both sectors of the superannuation market." "With competition among super funds stepping up due to the introduction of MySuper and FOFA, the dramatic impact of technology and the retail sector's renewed commitment to development of the direct distribution ...