Note: This article provides a complete list of official, authorised MySuper products. This list will be updated regularly as new MySuper products are authorised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). From 1 July 2013, super funds can offer a new superannuation product called … [Read more...]
Note: We regularly update this article with the latest data on superannuation funds issued by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). This article contains the latest data available as of May 2013 (for data as at March 2013). Unless you work in the superannuation industry, how the … [Read more...]
Note: We regularly update this article with the latest data on superannuation funds issued by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). This article contains the latest statistics available, as of May 2013 (for data as at March 2013). More than half a million self-managed super funds … [Read more...]
If you believe the federal government’s public relations campaign, MySuper will deliver the equivalent of nirvana in superannuation – low fees, strong investment performance, financial security and a worry-free retirement. Pardon? You haven’t seen the government’s MySuper publicity … [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: This article contains the latest available fee information as at 2 November 2012. In this article you can find the cheapest super funds and the cheapest pension funds. We update this article periodically with fee data issued by rating companies, SuperRatings and SelectingSuper. We are often … [Read more...]
Note: This article includes the remuneration data and related party transactions for major industry super funds (Cbus, HESTA, AustralianSuper and CareSuper). We update this article periodically when additional super funds disclose the salary packages of executives or trustee directors. If you have … [Read more...]
Note: Every few months or so, we update this article with the latest performance data on superannuation funds (and pension funds) issued by SuperRatings, SelectingSuper, ChantWest and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). This article contains the latest data for investment … [Read more...]
One of the best deals in superannuation has only a slight connection to your life in retirement. Life insurance cover within super funds rarely makes the headlines but for many Australians they are getting cost-effective cover from their super funds. Life insurance is insurance that pays out in … [Read more...]
Investment returns for the growth investment options within super funds ranged from a low of negative 2% (that is a loss of 2%) to a high of 6.4%, according to figures released by rating company Chant West. The Top 10 performing super funds for the 2011/2012 year are listed in the table … [Read more...]
Can you feel it? The warm breeze is the collective sigh of relief within the financial services industries that super fund returns are in the black – … well, okay, for most super funds, but not all funds. The median growth fund delivered a return of 0.5% for the 2011/2012 year (compared with … [Read more...]
A common and reasonable question is, what does a good super fund look like? Professional rating companies, such as SelectingSuper, SuperRatings and Chant West, evaluate and rate Australia’s largest super funds against criteria such as: investment performance number of investment … [Read more...]
Q: I am looking at setting up a DIY super fund whereby I take over from a wrap provider, saving about $5000 in fees. Is there a ready-made program I can buy now, or how would you plan for this? Any books or articles that would assist? Choosing to run your own super fund is not just a cost … [Read more...]
The Super System Review (SSR) panel, in particular, chair Jeremy Cooper, has drawn a line in the sand and publicly stated that the SSR believe it’s possible to reduce the fees charged by super funds to a mere half a per cent, or even less. Go Mr Cooper! The SSR commissioned a report from … [Read more...]
