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YFYS manipulation leaves members worse off: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) says the Your Future, Your Super performance test results show many poor performing super funds, particularly retail, have gamed the system, leaving members worse off. "Dud super funds manipulate fees and reclassify investment ...

AustralianSuper shakes up executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... strategy. With more than 3.5 million Australians expected to retire in the next decade, Schroder said it is critical super funds are as focused on retirement as they are on the accumulation phase of a member's journey. "AustralianSuper is committed ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Super funds and other shareholders could be in a position for a second time this year to approve a proposal to privatise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

Life after legalsuper: Proebstl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... industry funds outsourced most functions. More recently, funds have been building their internal investment teams. "With super funds being required to manage more and more, they need to employ operating models that optimise the balance of insourced and ...

Vanguard Super reignites fee war with launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... they're stapled to you," he said. He also conceded that being hogtied to listed investments in a time when most super funds are typically only generating performance from unlisted investments could be trying, but said he is confident it's a high-quality ...

Consultation opens on NHIF remit expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... Investment Corporation (NHFIC), to attract more private capital into the social and affordable housing sector, including super funds and other institutional investors. The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Investment Mandate Amendment ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Self-managed super funds are no longer Australia's premier superannuation segment, with growth slowing significantly since the introduction of the transfer balance cap. As at March end, SMSFs held $894 billion on behalf of 1.1 million members through ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Concessional tax arrangements for high balance super funds will be reviewed by the government. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones spoke at the Australian Financial Review Super & Wealth Summit, saying the taxation ...

Proebstl to leave legalsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... Mander said Proebstl leaves the fund in a position of strength. "Andrew is widely recognised as an advocate for smaller super funds being able to deliver strong results to members and provide more personalised and customised products and services to ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... irrelevant, likening it to a Walkman about to be overtaken by the fintech equivalent of an iPhone. In Australia, while super funds have never used glide paths like the US target date fund, Mitchem said they are exploring a glidepath formulation that ...