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Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
Consumers need the protection of a default superannuation fund safety net despite calls for deregulation to increase competition, Industry Super Australia (ISA) said. The body representing some industry super funds argued that efforts to deploy competitive ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... wealth fund earned 13.2% for the 12 months to end December compared to the 8.3% delivered by the SelectingSuper Workplace default super fund index. The massive out-performance dwarfs the impact of the Future Fund's zero taxation rate and low operating ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... existing members, CoreData said. "While super fund membership growth remains largely a function of consumer apathy via default options, there are clearly ways in which funds can grow their member base and attract the utility-focused consumers who are ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... platform market as fund groups that have elected not to pursue MySuper authorisation shift their focus away from corporate default products toward select and personal products. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report that ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Magellan Asset Management raised the cash weighting in its Global and Infrastructure funds in anticipation of a possible market correction in credit and equity markets. In a note sent to investors, Magellan chief executive and chief investment officer ...

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... which is part of the Morningstar Investment Management Group, provides advice and management for REI Super's low-cost default MySuper option as well as the fund's other investment options. "We value our relationship with REI Super, and we're very pleased ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... retail funds with MySuper products approved by The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) are excluded from the default modern award system). According to the study, industry funds owned by employer organisations and unions remain the biggest ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
PM Capital chief investment officer Paul Moore believes equity markets are far from cheap and investors will need to be patient over the coming year and pounce on any price falls. "When we look out over the next 12 to 18 months for new opportunities ...

MySuper put spotlight on member outcomes: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... 20 Australian superannuation fund providers to investigate their response to the MySuper regulatory framework governing default retirement savings funds. The key finding was that MySuper has encouraged product providers to separate default members out ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) in June. The court case was over the role of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in selecting default super funds for modern awards. The FSC initially argued that the panel that selected funds was biased in favour of industry ...