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Super funds at a 34-month high

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The recovery in super fund returns is continuing with the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbing again to a 34-month high of 12.6% by end February 2013. Super fund returns over the past year are now so strong that they are three times ...

Strong returns help UniSuper stave off benefit review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... this financial year have seen the ratios jump to 94% and 105% respectively as at 1 February 2013. According to SelectingSuper, UniSuper's default investment option posted net returns of 14.5% for the 12 months to end January 2013 placing it just inside ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Super fund returns continued their recovery during January 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed again to now be on a 34-month high of 12.5%. This is a 12 percentage point jump in seven months. As in June last year, returns ...

Rethinking the value of asset consultants

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... 1' achieved pre-fee earnings of 14.5% in the year to end December 2012, about one percentage point ahead of the SelectingSuper workplace super fund returns index for the same period.

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... According to the Reserve Bank, the average one year term deposit is paying a yield of 4.2% pre tax, compared to the SelectingSuper default investment option index that returned 12.2% post tax. If the Reserve Bank lowers rates further, this differential ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Super fund returns continued their astounding recovery during December as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed to a 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... digits, but 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 ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... members, Rainmaker noted, however, that there is no direct evidence of their systemic outperformance. The Rainmaker SelectingSuper SMSF performance index, based on attribution analysis of SMSF sector wide asset allocation, returned 1% in 2011-12 and ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... delivering 12 month returns of 6.8% are now almost two-thirds higher than their cash term deposit counterparts. SelectingSuper has just reported that the workplace default option index for the 12 months to end August 2012 skyrocketed in August to 6.8% ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index surged in July, with the rise sufficient to push rolling 12 month returns up to 3.1% - their highest level in 11 months. The strong bounce-back was triggered by the 4.2% July monthly return from the ...