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SMSFs and growth funds hit hardest by sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... allocations. The estimates include an average 8% drop across all equity portfolios and a 0.3% average return on non-equities. MySuper high-growth funds are estimated to have lost about 6.3% overall, SMSFs 4.4% and the average MySuper fund about 4.1%. ...

Equip drops super fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... the removal of the 0.08% operational risk levy that has applied since August 2013 to build fund reserves. For an Equip MySuper member with a $50,000 account balance, the total annual fee will drop 15% to $463 from $543. Equip chief executive officer ...

MySuper assets rise strongly

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
MySuper assets rose almost 18% to $428 billion in the 12 months to June 2015, according to data from APRA. Now that total MySuper products represent $428 billion in assets, up from $363 billion in June 2014, that adds up to just over a third (34%) of ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... has released research suggesting there is a more positive sentiment towards superannuation based on annual tests of the MySuper dashboard. ASIC has published results from its 2014 consumer dashboard testing which showed there are participants who consider ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... Australians make more informed decisions about their superannuation. The Federal Government is also proposing using consolidated MySuper data to compare a superannuation investment option's fees, returns and risk. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer released ...

Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... a base level of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. In its latest discussion paper RIAA has proposed MySuper products should have minimum ESG standards and investment exclusions "to recognise the expectations of Australians around responsible ...

Calls to mandate funds to offer social impact option

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... were generating an enormous $5.5 billion by 2013. CCA chief executive David Crosbie said that if just 2% of Australian MySuper investments were going into social projects with a positive social impact, a massive $8.5 billion will be generated. "Imagine ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... SMSFs - I think a big part of that is people saying, 'I can do better'. She added the industry may have lost sight with MySuper, somewhere between provisioning a product and being a fiduciary. She asked how the average member is meant to work out that ...

Spring FG to expand across Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Spring Financial Group is planning to expand its adviser network across Australia and has set a goal of 80 to 100 franchises in the next five to eight years. An announcement made public shortly after the company's first annual general meeting, following ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... efficiency and competitiveness of the superannuation system - and to develop alternative models for allocating default or MySuper fund members to products. The government will also soon release draft exposure legislation for public consultation outlining ...