Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 61 - 70 of 76 results for %22SelectingSuper W-Index%22

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index was almost flat during May 2012 posting 12 month returns of -0.4%. This is a considerable fall from April when rolling returns were close to 2%, thanks to a disastrous month on the Australian share market. ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index has continued its climb back into positive territory posting a return of 1.90% for the 12 months to end March 2012. This is up slightly from 0.26% at end February, -0.4% at end January and 1.7% at end ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... of overall default fund returns despite only holding one-third of super fund assets, according to research from SelectingSuper and its research partner Rainmaker Information. The August SelectingSuper crediting rates survey reported a decline in the ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... lowest cost super fund and pension fund, including the Money Magazine Best of the Best award and the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Retirement Fund of the Year - Value Choice. Dwyer also said the merger would provide opportunity scale to help it expand its ...

StatewideSuper appoints JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... underperformed relative to its benchmark. This option returned 3.4 per cent in the year to July 31, compared with the SelectingSuper Default Option Index which posted 7.7 per cent over the same period. Over three years, it lost 7.2 per cent versus the ...

Industry super funds spearhead recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... superannuation funds over a three period year to April this year, according to Rainmaker Information data. The latest SelectingSuper data found the MTAA Super Fund - Balanced returned 14.4 per cent over three years to April and Westscheme - 'Trustee's ...

Perpetual value in retirement : SelectingSuper

Perpetual SHARE-PLUS climbed from its 29th ranking to number one in the SelectingSuper Top 50 Australian Equities retirement fund table, proof that its conservative style of investing, which struggled in the bull run of recent years, is back in vogue. ...

Volatility fails to dampen super returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... returns topping 12 per cent for the first time since funds started reporting monthly, according to the latest monthly SelectingSuper Default Option Index. The index showed the average superannuation fund member would have received 14.0 per cent over ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
SelectingSuper has released its one, three and five year performance rankings for super funds up to 28 February 2007, showing a fairly even balance between the segments leading the performance pack. According to the benchmark indices, the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper ...