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Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... Wholesale Pension is the second largest in asset size with $40.7 billion and 154,850 members. Analysing the top 50 personal default super options, Rainmaker found Colonial First State's (CFS) Essential Super Personal Lifestage 1980-84 topped the list ...

Legalsuper updates investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... insurance fees charged for death and TPD cover will increase by about 5.8% p.a. Personal Division members who already have default cover in place for at least 24 months and have been at work for 30 consecutive days on or after November 1 will have their ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... posted its FY25 results, saying it continues to meet its objectives for members. The super fund delivered 10.6% for its default PSSap MySuper Balanced option, designed for Australian government employees, while its ADF Super MySuper Balanced option - ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... companies must refinance old, low-cost debt at today's much higher rates, which strains balance sheets and increases default risk. "These pressures, combined with growing regulatory scrutiny, make floating rate credit less attractive in the current ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... including insurance premiums not being refunded correctly after members had died; member accounts not being created with default insurance; incorrect investment fees disclosed in product guides; communications not being issued to members when moving ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... asset-backed lending (ABL), and hedging credit spread risk using low beta strategies and dynamic overlays such as credit default swaps (CDS). Artificial intelligence (AI) will also be a key theme moving forward, with a significant 400% increase in deployment ...

MySuper delivers 10.3% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... returns for MySuper members. MySuper options are home to 15 million member accounts with savings of $1.1 trillion. Several default or balanced options either matched or exceeded Rainmaker's average of 10.3% p.a. Mercer Super Trust's default lifecycle ...

UniSuper delivers 10.3% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
UniSuper has delivered a 10.3% return for its Balanced (default) option for the year to June 30. Members in the Growth option saw 11% returns for the year. The two sustainable-branded options, Sustainable High Growth and Sustainable Balanced, returned ...

Brighter Super default members earn 11% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Brighter Super's MySuper option achieved 10.9% p.a. for the 2025 financial year, exceeding performance for the medium and long term. The latest result outpaced the three-, five- and 10-year time horizons of 10.3% p.a., 8.2% p.a. and 7.2% p.a. respectively. ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Mercer Super Trust's default lifecycle option made more than 12% p.a. for the 2025 financial year for members aged between 18 and 52. The Mercer SmartPath returned between 12.3% p.a. and 12.6% p.a. For the same age range over a five-year horizon ...