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ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... providers control only 14% of the market, showing how handling ETFs is a sophisticated service that only a few providers can master, let alone draw sustainable scale and profit from. Australian based strategies account for 47% of ETF business. But the ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... returns are still depressed at only -0.6% pa. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of 6.9% and corporate master trusts 6.4%, resulting in a segment gap that is only 0.5 percentage points, the lowest it has been in two years. While the ...

New MLC product protects retirees from volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
MLC has outlined plans to launch a new MasterKey Investment Protection product to help Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets. MLC's new retirement product offers two forms of protection, protected capital ...

Super fees are falling but only just

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Fees paid by super fund members are falling but not because fund prices are falling, it's because of the dampening effect of self-managed super funds and higher balance members qualifying for discounts. The results are contained in the latest Rainmaker ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... returns remain depressed achieving only -0.1% pa. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of 3.4% and corporate master trusts 2.4%, resulting in a segment gap that at only 1.0 percentage points is the lowest it has been in two years. The ...

MLC names executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
MLC has named Scott Hartley to the newly-created role of executive general manager of the firm's Corporate and Institutional Wealth division. Hartley joined MLC in 1999. His previous roles include general manager of Strategy and Marketing and general ...

AustralianSuper hires veteran economist Tierney

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... Kong Bank Australia and as a currency strategist, and international economist with Bankers Trust Australia. Tierney has a Master of Economics from Macquarie University and Bachelor degrees in Economics from the University of Sydney and Arts from Macquarie ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... and corporate funds), achieved median 12 month returns of +0.9% last year, according to SelectingSuper while corporate master trusts (funds run by banking and insurance groups) achieved -0.1%. The move has sparked some backlash, primarily over concern ...

ETSL appoints superannuation chair

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Trustees Superannuation Limited. O'Donnell is taking over as chair from Rob Dillon who has retired. Dillion set up Wealthpac Master Fund in 1988, which was acquired by Equity Trustees Limited (ETSL) in 2003. Dillon became managing director of the combined ...

Mercer: Stronger Super adds pressure on funds

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... could amount to as much as $25 million over the next five years. However, as a solution to the issue, he said moving to a master trust arrangement could help corporate funds reduce cost and risk while providing access to a wider range of competitive ...