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Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in fund returns since June when returns averaged only 0.5%. Explaining why rolling ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... super boss says that age barriers to contributions discriminate against older people who want to remain active in the workplace. In a recent Suncorp submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Grey Areas - Age Barriers to Work in Commonwealth ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... by the sector. There are now 488,576 SMSFs, up almost 36,000 since September last year. Reflecting the dominance of workplace distribution, employer contributions made up 82% of contributions received by not-for-profit and retail funds during the past ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has made a submission to the Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, objecting to the selection of default super funds being incorporated in the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012. "If ...

Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Melbourne this morning. Fund of the Year is awarded to the fund or platform with the best overall standing after the best Workplace, Personal and Retirement products sub-category winners and finalists have been assessed. The SelectingSuper Long Term ...

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... being held in Melbourne's MCG members Dining Room on Thursday 8 November, with 16 awards on offer. They range from the Workplace, Personal and Retirement Products of the Year in multiple categories, to Self Managed Super Fund Administrator of the Year ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Australia's $500 billion not-for-profit superannuation funds calls were joined by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) following the release of research into the experiences of female directors of super funds at the AIST Fund ...

Super returns nudge GFC barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... 2007, a preliminary report from SelectingSuper's latest super funds performance survey reveals. According to the report, workplace default fund rolling 12 month returns broke through the double digit barrier to reach 10.6% at the end of September, while ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... to a three year compound average of 8.5% annually. This is significantly above the 6.3% annual equivalent return from workplace default super funds, albeit the Future Fund has a fundamentally differently cost structure to regular super funds. The Future ...