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MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... average MySuper account with a balance less than $50,000 is being administered for a cost of around $210 per year but his research shows it should be possible for product providers to offer accounts for $100 per year. "We believe MySuper will knock off ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... superannuation guarantee must be increased to 12% sooner rather than later to plug the growing retirement savings gap." Research by Rice Warner and sponsored by the FSC to coincide with the conference, shows an average Australian woman must contribute ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... engagement. More than 1,000 default super members and 28 executives from 20 funds were surveyed as part of a broader research project in to MySuper default funds, led by CIFR research director Doctor Geoff Warren. "Around two-thirds of the members surveyed ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and industry fund sectors. Additionally, AdviserLogic has updated RiskLogic's ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... billion in assets should be required to merge. In was reported in Fairfax media this morning that a major superannuation research group has said that funds below this threshold should merge or fold because they are sub-scale, charge relatively high fees ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... were under pressure to reduce their costs and just under half expect competition from new entrants to the market. The research was launched during the Financial Services Council (FSC) Annual Conference in the Gold Coast. Generally speaking, managers ...

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... for the fund administrator, a position he took on in 2011. Prior to that, he was principal analyst at Turnstone Applied Research. He was also managing director at Atom Funds Management and Fat Prophets' chief operating officer. Speaking to Financial ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... and by buying them when they are attractively valued. According to Klaus Ingemann, AB's portfolio manager and senior research analyst, the key to identifying such companies lies in focusing on cash-based earnings. "Many investors rely on reported accounting ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... financial advice hearing in Sydney, Sexton defended his delayed response to whistleblower reports about IOOF head of research Peter Hilton, saying the anonymous message had gone through LinkedIn, a service he doesn't use. "It was like a message in a ...