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Labor super reforms can reach further heights: Industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... path to a comfortable retirement. FSC director of policy and global markets Allan Hansell said employers and superannuation funds should be encouraged by Labor's announcement "to go even further to innovate their superannuation offerings to help close ...

Choice members worse off in retirement: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... choice sector has a higher proportion of older members invested in defensive assets, high fees charged in most retail choice funds are also key factors behind the underperformance, the research said. The difference between choice total fee fees (excluding ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... Stonnington retirees (10%). Milliman said the bulk of superannuation fund members don't receive personal advice. This leads super funds to make assumptions based on surveys and industry recommendations that often result in a one-size-fits-all super saving ...

Open APIs old news: Midwinter

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... integration allows users of Midwinter's AdviceOS and Class to sync and replicate portfolios from class into AdviceOS, with Class funds to be prepopulated, updated and used throughout AdviceOS like a normal portfolio. Class said the integration helps ...

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... Australia is offering self-directed investors and financial advisers an ability to invest superannuation and retirement funds across a bank-free investment menu of about 60 managed funds with a prominent focus on fee transparency. Allan Gray Australia ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... while the fund is set up for performance, its overarching objective is to provide students with a realistic and immersive funds management experience that helps to attract, nurture and build human capital for the industry. "Many of us older industry ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... inclusion into the benchmark MSCI indices is a sure-fire way to get money flowing into China's stockmarket. Indexed funds, exchange-traded funds and active funds, among others, benchmarked against the MSCI would need to buy Chinese shares in order ...

Suncorp charged super members incorrect fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... superannuation master trust charged incorrect fees to some of its members in the Suncorp Employee Super and Brighter Super funds and is working on remediating clients. Suncorp charged an incorrect investment fee to its members who joined under the 30 ...

Centuria REIT sees $755m off-market takeover

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... S&P/AS200 index, the manager said. On acquiring more than 50.1%, PLG will appoint a group member to replace Centuria Property Funds No. 2's responsible entity - thereby earning an investment management fee.

SMSFs outperforming MySuper: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... sector's return of 7.3% per annum. Based on ATO data, three-quarters of SMSFs have assets of less than $1 million. Such funds have a higher weighting to cash and lower allocation to equities than larger, better performing SMSFs. This means that the majority ...