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Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... bottoming the league table at 4.3% per annum, while rival super funds such as QSuper, UniSuper and Media Super blitzed the rankings, turning in returns of over 9% during FY19. Maritime chief executive Peter Robertson panned the comparison, saying it ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... Australians choosing to stick with their fund when they change employers. Cbus, ESSSuper and UniSuper lead in satisfaction rankings among members. The high satisfaction rate for those funds was driven by website usability and quality of annual statements ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... satisfaction with financial performance by fund members clearly ranks the industry funds ahead of retail funds similar to the rankings given on performance tables," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris. "This survey however has the ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... world's largest pension funds since 2002. It had US$1.4 trillion in 2017, making it 36% larger than the second fund in the rankings, the Norwegian government's pension fund. The Japanese pension fund returned 6.90% in during FY17. Its domestic ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... Separately, the research house has started measuring the brand impact and footprint of fund managers in Australia. It said the rankings reflect the strength of a fund managers' brand profile relative to its peers within 10 key attributes, accounting ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... me to see so much complacency," Easson said. Acknowledging that Australia's super system dropped in recent global rankings in terms of adequacy and sustainability, Easson said ASFA will recommence advocacy for increasing the superannuation guarantee ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... balanced option was the highest-returning among peers over the last year, the fund slips to 38th position in property option rankings, SelectingSuper data shows. It returned 7.5% in the year ending September. By contrast, the top performer in property ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... 9400 respondents' self-reported levels of happiness against how their country's retirement system fare on global rankings such as the Mercer Index and OECD. Research found a disparity between the two. Australia ranked three on OECD data, second ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... strategy. A key responsibility of the role is to ensure that Rest rates highly in relevant responsible investing industry rankings, the job advert reads. The next hearing in the matter will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, October 9.