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Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... territory. Recovering share markets have also enabled the segment gap between not-for-profit funds and corporate master trusts to close to just 0.3 percentage points, said Rainmaker. QSuper was the top Workplace super fund, measured by its default option ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... billion), OnePath Australia ($17.9 billion) and Mercer ($15.6 billion) are responsible for 94% of the platforms total. Master Trusts $66.5 billion funds (15.7%) fared better, up 4.7% over the past year. Inflows totalled $16.4 billion (14.5%) and despite ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... 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 market ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... 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 segment ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... 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 the ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... (industry funds, public sector funds and corporate funds), achieved median 12 month returns of +0.9% and corporate master trusts (funds run by banking and insurance groups) achieved -0.1%. The 1.0 percentage point gap was explained by master trusts having ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... from near 9% in March to 6.4% in May. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of nil and corporate master trusts -1.7%, resulting in a segment gap of 2.1 percentage points. Over five years the segment gap is again 2.0 percentage points. ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... monthly occasions in the past 34 months. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of 1.8% and corporate master trusts -0.1%, resulting in a segment gap of 1.9 percentage points, albeit this gap is down from 2.3 percentage points last month. ...

Platform FUM plummets by $16.5bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... market now sits at $411.3bn according to new data from Plan For Life, which was broken down into wraps, platforms and master trusts categories for the research. "Uncertain, volatile and more often than not negative underlying investment markets were ...

Platforms hoard cash amid FOFA uncertainty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... to opt-in and 46% expect help with administering opt-ins. The platform report released today, covering 26 leading master trusts and wrap platforms, points to this as a motivating factor in the $130 million spent by the industry in 2011 on new developments. ...