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Super assets reach $1.32tr

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
Total superannuation assets grew by 7.7 per cent last year to reach $1.32 trillion, with self-managed super funds accounting for the largest slice of the pie, APRA figures show. Prudential regulator APRA today released its quarterly superannuation performance ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... gives the fund members the power to maintain existing art investments and make further purchases of art in the small APRA fund (SAF), noted a press statement. Because the SAF trustee is an external party and would need to approve any investments nominated ...

Review reinforces power of fund scale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... trillion, according to the Cooper report. Last year, the biggest fund in the country had $41.5 billion and the average large APRA fund size is $1.5 billion. But in 25 years time, the biggest fund would have nominal size of $350 billion and the average ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Cooper has advocated super funds create a standardised plain English 'dashboard' for members that allow them to compare the risk of different investment options and find out the fees and costs of each option. Released this morning, the Super System ...

Tide turns in industry vs retail fund performance

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The latest APRA superannuation performance figures suggest a reversal of fortunes in super land, with retail funds returning nearly 21 per cent over the year to March, ahead of industry funds' 16 per cent. Prudential watchdog APRA released its latest ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... or where they were applying from. In another case, there were six rollover requests by the same individual to the one APRA fund, but each time, the photo changed. Some of the recommendations include developing a central national investigative authority ...

ASFA's goals for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Henry Tax Review, APRA fund returns data and superannuation data exchange number among the top projects for ASFA this year. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) lunch yesterday, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
A growing number of self managed super funds (SMSFs) could soon convert into Small APRA Funds (SAFs) in tandem with longevity issues facing SMSF trustees. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at accountants and advisers HLB Mann Judd Sydney, says ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... downward pressure on price, so it's a very complex set of issues." Sherry said that his first port of call would be the APRA fund data due to be published. Unlike APRA fund performance figures published in previous years, numbers to be released this ...

APRA fund level reporting proposals dangerous

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... significant, they have recommended the regulator review its plans and consider alternative approaches. Related story: Move for APRA fund level data gathers pace