The median superannuation growth fund gained 4.5% in value for the 3 months to March 2013 (and 12.9% for the first 9 months of this financial year), with shares and listed property being the stand-out asset classes, according to rating company Chant West. Australian shares rose 8% for the 3 … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 2% in value for the month of February (and 13.2% for the first 8 months of this financial year), with Australian shares and Australian listed property being the star asset classes, according to rating company Chant West. Australian shares jumped 5.3% … [Read more...]
Note: We regularly update this article with the latest data on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) released by the Australian Taxation Office. This article contains the latest data available up to March 2013 (for data as at December 2012). Each quarter the ATO releases self-managed super … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 2.6% in value for the month of January (and 10.9% for the first 7 months of this financial year), with shares and listed property being the star asset classes, according to rating company Chant West. Australian shares jumped 5% for the month of January … [Read more...]
Note: The ATO publishes an annual report about SMSFs for each financial year. This article covers the latest SMSF performance data available from the ATO, as at February 2012. The ATO will provide updated performance data (for year ending 30 June 2012) in early 2014. A common argument put forward … [Read more...]
Australian and global listed property sectors delivered the biggest returns for the 2012 calendar year (1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012), according to Warren Chant of rating company, Chant West. He says that the strong performance of super funds during 2012 however was driven primarily by the … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 12.7% in value for the 2012 calendar year, and the median fund is sitting on a promising gain of 3.5% for the 3 months to December 2012, according to rating company Chant West. Chant West director, Warren Chant says: “After the disappointment of … [Read more...]
Investment returns for the growth investment options within super funds ranged from a high of 16% through to a low of 9.7%, according to figures released by rating company Chant West. The Top 10 performing super funds for the 2012 calendar year (January 2012 to December 2012), and the top 10 … [Read more...]
Each year, the superannuation regulator releases the latest performance data on the largest 200 superannuation funds in Australia. In January 2013, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) published its third annual report into the investment performance of Australia’s super funds … [Read more...]
Note: The ATO publishes an annual report about SMSFs for each financial year. This article covers the ATO’s 2010-2011 statistical review of SMSFs (released in late December 2012). This report does contain data for the 2011-2012 year as well. The annual report for the 2011-2012 year will be … [Read more...]
Note: Every year we update this article with the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)) on the performance of Australia’s largest 200 super funds. This article contains information about the fund performance data for the year ended 30 June 2012 (the latest … [Read more...]
Note: This article is updated each year to reflect the latest APRA performance data for Australia’s largest 200 super funds. The latest data was released by APRA in January 2013. The next APRA report is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2014. The Australian Prudential Regulation … [Read more...]
Note: Each year, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority releases performance data on the largest 200 super funds in Australia. The latest report was released on 9 January 2013, providing detailed performance data for the 2011/2012 financial year. This article provides some of the highlights … [Read more...]
Note: This article is the second in a series of special articles that SuperGuide will be publishing, designed to help SuperGuide readers more easily access the hundreds of questions and articles that we have published on the SuperGuide website. The first article in the series is Super Checklist: … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 0.9% in value for the month of October (and 5.4% for the first four months of this financial year), with shares and listed property being the star asset classes, according to rating company Chant West. Australian shares rose 2.9% for the month of … [Read more...]
