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Superannuation

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
The average returns for MySuper products dropped to 1.9% in the 12 months to November 2018.

ANZ, IOOF revise wealth sale agreement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
The sale of ANZ's pension and investments business may take longer than anticipated with contracts now amended following APRA's regulatory action against IOOF.

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times.

Superannuation reforms splits opinion: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission's aim to overhaul the superannuation system has divided Financial Standard's readership in our latest spot poll.

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A $15.5 billion profit-to-member fund has won a $190 million corporate super mandate.

Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
If the Productivity Commission's recommendation of a best-in-show list was introduced tomorrow, which super funds would make the cut?

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The Australian Council of Trade Unions said removing superannuation from industrial relations is "completely unacceptable"

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The best-in-show default superannuation fund shortlist the Productivity Commission wants to launch before June 2021 has ruffled feathers across the industry.

Engagement should be easier: Productivity Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission's final report into the efficiency and competitiveness of superannuation blasted the system for making engagement harder for fund members.

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
A new survey has revealed a "startling knowledge gap" in super, with close to half of Australian students knowing little to nothing about superannuation.