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Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... account. Members' overall satisfaction ratings declined industry wide with less confidence in the manager of their retirement funds to provide direction and reassurance about individual retirement situations. The report said many self-managed superannuation ...

Australians wary of new investments: Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... their biggest concern was not saving enough for retirement. A further 32% were concerned about outliving their retirement funds. The average age of Australians surveyed was 54, compared to 49 globally. The 200 Aussies also had an average of about $1.1 ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Competition among fund managers for the ever growing pool of retirement funds is set to move away from Australia and into international markets. Tougher conditions locally and the limited capacity of the market to absorb the $1.9 trillion in superannuation ...

Australian Unity expands healthcare property trust

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... a total investment of over $100 million," said Australian Unity Real Estate Investment head of healthcare and retirement funds Chris Smith. "As assets in the healthcare sector continue to be thinly traded we are making the most of development and expansion ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... advice standard is being pushed by the US Department of Labor (DOL) in its authority overseeing occupational retirement funds subject to the ERISA legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director for public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and ...

Sunsuper makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... strong financial services expertise made them an ideal fit for Sunsuper. Sunsuper is one of the nation's biggest retirement funds with more than 1.1 million members and $30 billion in funds under management.

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... 12.4%, Statewide with 11.2%, both Telstra Super and AustSafe with 10.7% and Equipsuper with 10.0%. The top five Retirement funds (by balanced options over 12 months) were Zurich ABP with 13.5%, QSuper with 12.4%, Telstra Super with 12.0%, VISSF with ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... super funds (by balanced options) were Telstra Super, Rio Tinto, Intrust, IOOF and HOSTPLUS; and the top five Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were Maritime Super, Telstra Super, UniSuper, Rio Tinto and Progressive Pension Pl ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... top Personal super funds (by balanced options) were HOSTPLUS, Telstra Super and Rio Tinto. UniSuper was the top Retirement funds (by its balanced options).

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... REST with 14.2%, Telstra Super with 13.4%, Intrust with 13.3% and First State Super with 13.1%. The top five Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were REST with 15.4%, HOSTPLUS with 15.1%, Telstra Super with 14.9%, Vision Super with ...