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HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... Netwealth and reclaimed the top spot for overall platform functionality. Investment Trends released its 2022 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report and said HUB24's overall score of 91.5% just edged out Netwealth, which came in at ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... methodologies should be reviewed, not to be watered down, but to be sharpened." APRA's increasingly assertive way of benchmarking super funds' performance means RSEs have no choice but to realign their asset mix and product structures to the ...

'Our fears were warranted': Chant West proposes YFYS alternative

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... for the time being. This is in stark contrast to Industry Super Australia (ISA) which has advocated for expanding benchmarking to all APRA-regulated products - including Choice products, as soon as possible. Likewise, Grattan Institute recently argued ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... touted as another area that will make a substantial difference to private market investments. Frontier noted that the benchmarking system has limitations, particularly because the determination of a strategies success is done by comparing an asset class ...

YFYS manipulation leaves members worse off: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... the test consecutively is closed and its members are transferred to a product that exceeds benchmarks and expanding benchmarking to all APRA regulated products - including choice products and those in the retirement phase as soon as possible. It also ...

Magellan seeks $1m increase to director fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
... directors and one executive director. McLennan continued the board recently engaged an independent adviser to provide benchmarking data on non-executive director remuneration; the adviser found the current fees paid were significantly below that of market ...

Super fund with highest customer satisfaction named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... hitting 7.3%. Meanwhile, as previously reported on by Financial Standard, in October, CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX benchmarking report found overall satisfaction has declined, leading many to consider changing funds. CSBA CX director of finance Sam Monteath ...

Super fund satisfaction takes hit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... overall satisfaction has declined and more are considering changing funds. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX benchmarking report surveyed close to 5500 members from 20 super funds and found that customer experience has declined across all key measures. ...

APRA unmasks fund outsourcing impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... expert's view of the market, using either an external consultant or an internal team. "Done well, both tenders and benchmarking exercises can generate real benefits for members by helping trustees to assess and, where possible, improve the value members ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... the best financial interest of the fund and deliver the returns required," he says. Like many, Taylor thinks the benchmarking process is flawed because of its focus on short-term returns. "So, you can't necessarily put money into long-term projects ...