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IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... expand its work. In his response sent on Tuesday, the IFM Investors chair demanded a wider investigation including retail super and wholesale managed funds, said IFM would come out clean anyways and explained the manager's tight-fisted responses to Wilson's ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... only back to where it was a year ago. Two-thirds of that decrease came from APRA-regulated funds, with equity-heavy retail super funds bearing the biggest brunt. While retail super accounts for about one-quarter of superannuation assets compared to not ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... debate about efficiency in the superannuation industry if you don't include in your scope the 50% of it held in retail super and SMSFs," Dunnin said. "There's a lot more to scale than just funds size. Yes there are observable performance scale ...

Super fund delays successor fund transfer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A retail superannuation fund has postponed its MySuper transition to a $16.5 billion industry fund citing market uncertainty and volatility arising from COVID-19. Perpetual's MySuper product was to transition to CareSuper effective around May 1 ...

Media Super GM joins retail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
A member of the Media Super leadership team is set to take on a new role with a retail super fund. Jennifer McSpadden has been appointed executive manager, member proposition and innovation at Suncorp Super. Currently general manager, engagement at ...

Small administrator eyes large funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... Auckland-based firm onboard, IFAA managing director Neil Harvey is planning to broaden the firm's remit, with corporate and retail super funds now in sight, as well as larger funds of all persuasions. Typically, IFAA has concentrated on small to medium ...

Stability needed: Maroney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... said the SMSF Association is undertaking research with Rice Warner to compare the costs of SMSFs with industry and retail super funds. "We've signed another three-year agreement with the ATO," he added. Maroney called on those listening to encourage ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Latest research shows retail super funds hit back in 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... the average of all super products (TER 1.11%) but compare favourably to the average of all products in the personal retail super space (TER 1.63%). As for insurance, Rainmaker analysis found a 40-year-old male would be paying $900.55 annually for a standard ...

New super fund to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Aracon Superannuation, a subsidiary of Xplore Wealth. Details about the fund are light ahead of launch, but it is a retail super offering targeting competitive returns while investing sustainably. "Purpose-built to measure and report on how its investment ...