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Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Admin and investment fees charged by major Australian super funds are on par, if not better, than those charged by similar funds in the US, the UK and Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. ...

Record fall in super fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The average fee charged by super funds fell to 1.36 per cent, the first fall recorded in three years, according to the latest Rainmaker fee survey that reviewed 502 workplace, personal and retirement not-for-profit funds and master trusts. Andrew Keevers ...

Gen Y risks high fees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... legalsuper chief executive, Andrew Proebstl, said many employees particularly those in the Gen Y bracket could face hiked super fees, particular as super funds offer corporate deals on fees and insurance, often to larger employers, to secure default ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006, collected by Rice Warner Actuaries, show average annual super fees dropping industry-wide, with the largest reductions occurring in corporate master trusts, retail post retirement, personal superannuation ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Rainmaker has released their 2007 super and retirement fund survey, showing fees have jumped 8 per cent, or nearly three times the inflation rate. But the continuing performance bull run is distracting funds more focused on expanding their investments ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has warned Australians to carefully check their super fees after changing jobs and to be on the lookout in case their new employer signs them on to a higher fee master trust. IFS highlighted the trend where some employees ...

Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

... Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan stated that one of the two watchdogs would monitor and report on super fees and charges for five years to assess the impact of Choice of Fund and fee comparison and disclosure models proposed by the ...

ASIC acts against Mellon for misleading statements on super fees

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has on Wednesday taken action against Mellon Nominees for misleading statements made to investors relating to the fees charged on its superannuation fund. The regulator said it found a statement ...

SelectingSuper releases 2003-04 benchmark fee survey

... benchmark fee survey, conducted by SelectingSuper, has found. However the survey did reveal a 1.5 per cent average in super fees across the board, including contribution, ongoing, member and investment fees. SelectingSuper, a division of Rainmaker Information ...