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Superannuation

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
All options are on the table at Statewide Super, including looking at potential retail fund partners, but three-way mergers are too much execution risk, according to chief financial and operating officer Grant Eastwood.

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members.

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
ANZ/OnePath has again topped the list of worst-performing super funds, according to Stockspot's Fat Cat Funds Report for 2019.

Who foots the bill when super funds merge?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Who pays the costs of a merger, REST chair Ken Marshman asked panelists with experience in superannuation mergers at the Australian Superannuation Investment Conference yesterday.

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Merging superannuation funds may see a one-off dip in their investment performance as they recoup transition costs, according to a panel at the 2019 Australian Superannuation Investment Conference.

Intra-fund advice must improve: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Superannuation funds have failed to solve the problems around access to financial advice, and both members and the funds themselves will suffer until they do, according to Rice Warner.

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has certified a $50 billion superannuation fund as Australia's first carbon neutral fund.

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Australia's superannuation funds have dropped in the global ranking of the world's largest pension funds.

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The prudential regulator confirmed a "traffic light" system aimed at weeding out underperforming superannuation funds is currently in the works.

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Retail superannuation funds copped a battering of outflows as latest APRA figures paint a telling picture of a booming industry super fund sector nearly one year after the Hayne Royal Commission.