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Superannuation

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.

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Future Fund significantly outperformed super funds in 2014 thanks to its heavier weighting to US dollar investments and alternative assets.

First Super appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
Julie George has been appointed to the First Super board as an employer representative director.

Retail funds still unable to match industry fund popularity

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Industry superannuation funds remain unbeaten when it comes to member satisfaction with their financial performance, a Roy Morgan survey confirms.

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies are still one of the most expensive areas of the Budget.

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Last year MTAA Super turned 25, and Financial Standard marked the occasion by sitting down with chief executive Leeanne Turner to talk about governance, member engagement and mergers.

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Industry super funds have the edge over their retail counterparts when it comes to brand perception, new research by CoreData shows.

APRA-ABS super surveys to commence Jan 2016

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund RSEs advising them that enhanced data reporting by super funds to facilitate the data needs of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will commence in January 2016.

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
There are as many as 160 ways asset owners are likely to unnecessarily lose money to hidden costs. But the good news is they can be uncovered and eliminated.

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
MySuper may be triggering a readjustment in the corporate 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.