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Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... interest has recovered posting returns of 6.1% from domestic bonds and 7.9% from international bonds. The top three Workplace super funds (by default options) were CFS FirstChoice with 15.7%, and Telstra Super and VicSuper both with 15.6%. Telstra Super ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... 9% but A-REITs have rebounded from a rolling 12 month return at end April of 3% to 7% at end May. The top three Workplace super funds (by default options) over 12 months were Telstra Super, CBUS and AUSCOAL, and the top Personal super funds (by balanced ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... returned 2.7%. Direct property and A-REITs meanwhile maintained their respective 9% and 3% results. The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were REST with 14.2%, Telstra Super with 13.4%, HostPlus and Intrust both with ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
A Federal Court face-off between the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... March this year announcing it will delay introduction of some of its new data collections associated with choice workplace super funds. Criticism of portfolio disclosure has meanwhile gathered pace as more global investment managers and administrators ...

Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... cash returned 2.8%. Direct property and A-REITs have maintained their respective 9% and 4% results. The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were REST with 15.6%, First State Super with 15.0%, CBUS Super with 14.4% and ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Fund has achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund has just ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Rainmaker expects will be worth an estimated $600 billion in 2017 and which is set to become the central core of the workplace super market, will begin to be implemented from June this year. But a growing proportion of managers of alternative assets ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... gap over five and 10 years is now all but disappeared (-0.1% over five years, 0.4% over 10 years). The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were First State Super with 15.5%. Intrust and REST with 15.3%, Telstra Super ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... in the lead up to the MySuper 1 January 2014 deadline is that the segment gap between not-for-profit and retail workplace super funds has blown out to 2.7 percentage points as while not-for-profit funds returned 17.0% retail funds (ie corporate master ...