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Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Portfolio Service with 19.8%, Perpetual Wealth Focus with 19.6% and legalsuper with 19.3%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 23.9%, Aon with 22.5%, REST with 22.0%, legalsuper with ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Women are developing deep seated concerns over not having enough retirement funds, according to the MLC Australian Wealth Sentiment Survey. The survey questioned more than 2000 Australians, with special emphasis on gender, age and location. The main ...

Super funds post 15.3 pct return for August

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Wealth Focus with 19.1%, Mercer with 21.4%, and both legalsuper and REST tying on 18.7% The top five public offer Retirement funds measured by their balanced options over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 22.7%, legalsuper with 21.9%, Telstra with 21.5% ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... particular, public - to go up the risk curve. Meanwhile, DC schemes worldwide have moved towards 'target-income retirement funds'. Forster said the demise of DB schemes, which provided beneficiaries with a reliable, defined income, will see a rise in ...

Super returns climb to 16.8 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... with 22.3%, Mercer with 21.4%, and REST and Perpetual Wealth Focus both with 20.7%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 27.4%, legalsuper with 23.8%, REST with 23.3%, Aon with 22.7% and ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... groups do some positive work but there's a smokescreen across these and other key issues from the vast bulk of retirement funds themselves. Industry led surveys will always suffer a credibility deficit to which the omission of key questions just adds. ...

Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... 18.8%, HOSTPLUS with 18.7%, REST with 18.4% and Perpetual Wealth Focus with 18.2%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were HOSTPLUS with 21.6%, REST with 20.8%, legalsuper with 20.5%, AMG with 20.2% and ...

Australians missing $18 billion in lost super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... also showed that almost half of Australians are likely to have lost super. Australian's disengagement with their retirement funds could be the reason for the lost super figure, according to Deanne Stewart, Westpac head of superannuation. "We're all planning ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... with 17.4%, Mercer with 16.6%, HOSTPLUS with 16.1% and CFS FirstChoice with 15.4%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were OneAnswer with 21.7%, AMG Retirement Super with 20.3%, HOSTPLUS with 17.7%, Statewide ...

Super fund returns fall to 10.8%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... with 15.7%, Mercer with 14.2%, AMG Personal Super with 14.1% and HostPlus with 13.3%. The top five public offer Retirement funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were OneAnswer with 19.5%, AMG Retirement Super with 16.5%, IOOF Portfolio Service ...