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Best performing MySuper investment option named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... Fund at 3.5%. The median return for investment options over a three-year period was 4.5%. Regarding retirement product default investment options, the Vision Income Stream Balanced Growth option topped the rankings with a 6.2% annualised return over ...

2023 will be better for bonds: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
Last year marked the worst performance for bonds since the 1970s and while soaring inflation overshadowed this narrative, it remains an important economic storyline for investors. Stepping into a new year and shaking off the 2022 credit chaos the question ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... Group Plan MySuper, Commonwealth Essential Super and AMG MySuper. "MySuper options are supposed to be the low-cost, simple default products that we put people into to protect them and their retirement savings," O'Halloran said. "Last year we got ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... Choice Super, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund LifetimeOne, AvSuper Growth, Mine Superannuation Default Lifecyle, Guild Retirement Fund MySuper, Bendigo MySuper, Russell Investments Master Trust GoalTracker, Mercer Super Trust Virgin ...

AMG Super to take on fledgling super product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... performance test earlier this year, but AMG Super had already made the decision to close it and move away from offering default super products. The company has since rebranded to Acclaim Wealth, though its super business is still called AMG Super.

Religious carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... for MySuper products, goes against the purpose of these tests, to indiscriminately assess the investment performance of default super products," he said. "Jones' attempted carve out would have opened the floodgates to further supplementary performance ...

UK regulator warns trading apps over gamification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... investment products and services. Other game-like features the FCA highlighted as problematic were trader leaderboards and default amounts for investing and leveraging, with the FCA citing research that found people are much more likely to stick to a ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... fluctuations in asset prices. While in theory LRBAs limit recourse of lenders to a particular asset in the event of a default, in practice they can affect assets beyond those subject to the loan. "If the leveraged asset does not produce sufficient returns ...

Stapling's consequences must be addressed: Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... the system during their working lives and in retirement," Cbus argued. It added that because of the dismantling of the default system through stapling, those entering hazardous occupations are offered no information about the risk of working without ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... in Origin Energy. Rainmaker Information has conducted preliminary research of super fund portfolio holdings in MySuper default options and found that within MySuper, funds hold $1.6 billion in Origin stock alone. MySuper options constitute about $885 ...