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APRA hands down self-assessment report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... said. During the period, APRA was proud to increase its transparency and media engagement on matters like the MySuper heatmap, upgrading its quarterly Insight publication, and expanding its consumer-directed website content and social media presence. ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (SIS Act). Thirty-seven products assessed are performing at or above the heatmap investment benchmarks over six years; 27 of these underperformed by up to 75bps; and six products underperform by more than ...

Mercer restructures fees, asset allocation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... recent super inquiry pulled up Mercer chief executive for Australia and Pacific zone leader David Bryant about the red heatmap rating APRA slapped across several high admin fee products. At the time, Bryant told Leigh that the super fund is in the process ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... complicated" to be judged using a specific benchmark and period of time in the market. Referencing APRA's inaugural heatmap, 18 of Mercer's SmartPath lifecycle products were deemed expensive, slugging low-balance members with admin fees of up ...

LGIAsuper alters asset allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... scored amber ratings for the performance of its MySuper Lifecycle Under 75 product in APRA's first iteration of the MySuper heatmap, released late last year. Over a five-year period, LGIAsuper delivered net investment returns of 7.69% per year, but pitted ...

APRA highlights heatmaps success

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... superannuation products that are underperforming in the areas of investment returns and fees," APRA said. "The first MySuper heatmap was published in December 2019, with an updated version published in June 2020 to reflect changes to fees and costs since ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is considering making changes to its MySuper Heatmap to reflect the reforms proposed by the government in the federal budget. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Online Chair ...

MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Any MySuper products that fail a new APRA-administered annual test twice in a row will not be allowed to receive any new members until they improve their performance. The prudential regulator will conduct benchmarking tests on the net investment performance ...

Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... products were criticised for their unsatisfactory investment performance and relatively high fees based on APRA's heatmap metrics. Maritime Super, LUCRF Super, and several BT Funds Management products such as Asgard's Employee MySuper, BT Super ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... classification in the asset classes of property and infrastructure has been updated to align with the APRA Information Paper Heatmap - MySuper products"released in November 2019 Finally, from 1 October 2020, information about HESTA's foreign currency ...