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Group risk premiums on the up: Rice Warner

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Australia's group life segment has begun increasing premium levels, Recent Rice Warner analysis shows. The research and consulting business for the superannuation industry compared the average premiums for death and TPD cover for the 10 largest industry ...

Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The government should get involved in picking default superannuation funds in order to increase competition and bring down fees, a Grattan Institute report has argued. The report, entitled 'Super sting: how to stop Australians paying too much for superannuation' ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Public sector fund QSuper has expanded the lifecycle model to include account balance as well as age in its new MySuper product, QSuper Lifestage. While most lifecycle products focus exclusively on age, with younger members on more growth oriented strategies ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Industry super fund members are more satisfied with the financial performance of their funds than members of retail funds, but the gap is closing, according to a new survey released by Roy Morgan. The survey put industry funds in the top five places ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned the pertinence of figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) last week that show the investment returns of not-for-profit superannuation consistently outperforming those ...

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Most superannuation funds do not intend to insource their investment management over the next three years, despite the fact that some have made moves in this direction. As many as 77% of industry, retail, corporate and public sector super funds' chief ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
With three months to go until employers will be allowed to send superannuation guarantee contributions only to super funds that have been authorised to offer MySuper products, there are only 78 funds MySuper authorised. According to figures from the ...

Super assets hit $1.6 trillion, investment returns at 4-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuation assets surged 15.5% last financial year to reach $1.6 trillion, reveals the regulator APRA in its just released June report. The pace of the asset surge corresponds with the super fund industry achieving its best investment returns in ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Only one in 10 in bank customers have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of ...

Industry funds lead super growth in March quarter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Industry superannuation funds lead the superannuation industry growth during the March quarter, according to the latest quarterly report by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Over the 12 months to March 31, 2013, total estimated ...