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APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... superannuation funds and their consultants. "We know it [index for unlisted assets] is not perfect," she said. "When we put out our heatmap, we used listed indices because we couldn't find a decent unlisted index. A number of suggestions were put ...

Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Choice products are also escaping any real scrutiny when it comes to the regulator's heatmaps, with APRA's first heatmap covering the choice sector only looking at 127 products and 788 investment products. This, despite there being an estimated ...

Consumer group slams super self-assessments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Super Consumers Australia has slammed super funds' member outcomes assessments (MOAs), finding several funds claiming to be acting in members' best interests even when fees are high and performance is lacklustre. Super Consumers Australia looked ...

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
In final YFYS regulations released last week, the government now wants super fund to be only tested on last year's administration fees instead of eight years' average in the APRA performance test. The last minute changes to the Your Future ...

First YFYS performance test results weeks away

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... the YFYS performance test despite Labor's push to do so. This will be followed by the third annual MySuper Product Heatmap in December.

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... 2019/20, the number of APRA-regulated funds dropped from 171 to 154. In addition, KPMG believes the ongoing impact of APRA's heatmap will continue to drive mergers while the Your Future, Your Super measures will drive flows to mega funds because of their ...

Suncorp divests super unit to industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... payments and dragging its feet in transitioning members to MySuper. Its lifestage funds copped red ratings in APRA's 2020 heatmap for charging as much as 1.68% in exorbitant administration fees. The transaction is due to complete by mid-2022. After ...

APRA gains traction on superannuation data project

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its final reporting standards for the first phase of the Superannuation Data Transformation (SDT) as it looks to clear out underperformers. Phase one addresses the most urgent gaps in APRA's ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... $552.6 billion. There were 96 MySuper products at the end of last year, 12 less than the prior year, thanks to APRA's heatmap weeding out underperformers. MySuper's assets reached $812.2 billion, up 7.8%. The minister for superannuation, financial ...

Equipsuper merges with corporate fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... been on APRA's underperformance radar for delivering sub-par returns over a five-year period, according to the latest heatmap results. Equipsuper and Catholic Super chief executive Scott Cameron said the merger marks another step forward in building ...