Is your super fund a star performer or a lemon? It’s a question more Australians are asking after the Productivity Commission and the Hayne Royal Commission highlighted widespread overcharging and underperforming across the superannuation system. It often starts with niggling doubts. Fees that are above the industry ... Read more
Benchmarking your super fund
One of the more challenging aspects of superannuation for many Australians, is whether their super fund’s performance is good enough. Does your super fund deliver comparatively strong returns over the longer term? Does your super fund charge competitive fees, or are they too high? What is the insurance coverage like? Does your super fund offer financial advice (and is that important to you)?
Along with the key articles listed below, you may also find useful our special sections, Comparing super funds, and Choosing a fund (fund choice) and Choosing an investment option (investment choice).
Set out below are key articles to assist you in assessing and benchmarking your super fund:
Set out below are all SuperGuide articles that relate to Benchmarking your super fund.
Mirror, mirror… what super fund is the best-performing fund of all?
Note: SuperGuide updates this article every 6 months with the latest performance and super fund data. Discover the best ‘value for money’ super fund for 2018, the super (pre-retirement) fund of the year for 2018, and the pension (retirement) fund of the year for 2018. This article also lists the top 10 ... Read more
Investment performance: Assess your super fund in 4 steps
Although superannuation funds, on average, delivered strong returns for the 2017/2018 year, some Australians may be questioning how well their own super fund is performing and wondering what this performance means for their retirement plans. If you are saving for retirement, low investment returns make it harder to ... Read more