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Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... government's review of retirement income stream regulation, ASFA said this whole-of-life approach could mean extending MySuper into the retirement phase, as 'MyPension'. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the whole-of-life approach "includes streamlining ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... managing risk for our members." According to Rainmaker's just released 2014 super fund fee study, First State Super's MySuper products have Total Expense Ratios of 0.66% placing them well inside the top 10 for lowest cost MySuper products. The latest ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... your stage of life as determined by your age and retirement horizon." So far the lifecycle model has been popular among MySuper products in retail funds, but less so with industry and public sector finds. HOSTPLUS' lifecycle option however will not replace ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... engaged, with over 60% saying they had good understanding and less than 6% saying they had no understanding at all. Default MySuper products are required by law to include life cover. The high level of disengagement among fund members means some may ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds with MySuper products should be allowed to extend their default offering into retirement, and should include annuities in that offering, Challenger has told the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its second submission to the FSI ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... of Cbus members they expect the Fund to manage their superannuation and will want to stay in the default Cbus Growth (MySuper) or other standard investment options." He went on: "We encourage those members who want to take up the Self Managed option ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... some retail fund prices in some sub-segments falling as much as 20%. The decline is attributed to the introduction of MySuper and the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. Other contributors have been technology change, consumers' growing preference ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... with the average retail fund but high versus the 1.1% fee for the average directly distributed fund and the 1.3% retail MySuper average, according to soon to be released research from Rainmaker. "The fees are at the lower to middle end of costs for ethically ...

Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper and Workplace rolling 12 month performance index fell during July to return 10.6% compared to 12.7% at end June and 11.7% at end May. Rainmaker, which conducts the research for SelectingSuper, noted that three year super fund ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... the submission, APRA said, while a focus on superannuation fees was appropriate, it was too early to assess how well the MySuper reforms are working. "A review to assess the effectiveness of the MySuper regime would most appropriately be undertaken in ...