superannuation funds

Funds management

Mercer partner Ray King says funds should make a meaningful allocation to private capital in order to extract the added alpha delivered by a sophisticated private capital...

Funds management

Superannuation funds' investment opportunities are being stifled by the dominance of mining and resource stocks listed on the ASX, ASFAs Gordon Noble said....

Funds management

The way the Standard Risk Measure (SRM) is being calculated has the potential to confuse retail investors, according to van Eyk head of strategic research Jonathan Ramsay...

Funds management

Alternative assets may be stifled by a choice superannuation system that has grown used to short-term performance disclosure, panelists said at the Financial Services Ins...

Funds management

A Towers Watson and Oxford University research project that found superannuation funds that want to be successful at sustainable investing may need to start from scratch....

Funds management

CoreData has released research demonstrating the outperformance of term deposits over equities and has accused superannuation funds of being 'addicted' to equities....

Funds management

Fixed income alternatives are becoming increasingly popular in retirement portfolios as investors look for absolute returns, according to John Wilson, head of PIMCO in Au...

Funds management

Superannuation funds are set to increase their exposure to property as investment markets continue to recover, according to Charter Hall head of research Chris Freeman....

Funds management

Only 40 per cent of superannuation funds have disclosed the CPI+ objective of their balanced option to SuperRatings, and none of them have hit their target over a three o...

Financial advice

New research suggests financial advice is one of the keys to member retention and engagement....

Financial advice

Collective charging of super fund members for full financial advice is already prohibited, which will make the introduction of new but similar obligations unnecessary, ac...

Financial advice

Research house Lonsec and actuarial and consulting firm Milliman have joined up to provide a new retiree advice service....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest developments in Super Review! Anytime, Anywhere!

Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 7 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 8 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 8 months ago

Australia’s superannuation sector is being held back by overlapping and outdated regulation, ASFA says, with compliance costs almost doubling in seven years – a drain on ...

7 hours 57 minutes ago

A research firm says errors are a “natural part” of running a company with humans and has reversed its previous poor rating for the exchange....

7 hours 54 minutes ago

AMP’s chief economist has unveiled a wish list for the Australian government’s Economic Reform Roundtable....

8 hours 9 minutes ago