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SUPER FUNDS News & Analysis

Mark to market: Which super option should I choose?
Personal Finance
Mark to market: Which super option should I choose?
Mark answers a reader question about deciding between different super options. 
Morningstar | 17 October 2024
How much exposure should you have to unlisted funds?
Personal Finance
How much exposure should you have to unlisted funds?
How valuations are important for unlisted assets, and what you should look out for with unlisted funds.
Shani Jayamanne | 10 January 2024
Why UniSuper's CIO says liquidity is king right now
Markets
Why UniSuper's CIO says liquidity is king right now
Unlike most other superannuation funds, UniSuper hasn’t piled into unlisted assets. And with extra cash on hand, it’s taking advantage of...
James Gruber | 19 July 2023
Australia's best and worst default superannuation funds revealed
Retirement
Australia's best and worst default superannuation funds revealed
The financial regulator says six MySuper products have significantly underperformed over the last eight years.
Megan Neil | 16 December 2022
Why has Australia slipped down the global super ranks?
Retirement
Why has Australia slipped down the global super ranks?
A review of an earlier report, which had Australia in bronze position, points to some reasons why, and what might need to happen to regain our former...
Harry Chemay | 10 November 2021
Super changes you need to know about in 2021
Retirement
Super changes you need to know about in 2021
The rules around contributions and fund governance are changing.
Lewis Jackson | 30 April 2021
Indexation complication! Four changes you need to know
Retirement
Indexation complication! Four changes you need to know
Several superannuation thresholds will be indexed from 1 July 2021, and it's critical to check the new opportunities to put more into the tax...
Julie Steed | 07 April 2021
Super, managed fund levels bounce back
Funds
Super, managed fund levels bounce back
Australian investors are increasingly sophisticated but also more fearful of missing out on share market gains.
Nicki Bourlioufas | 14 September 2020
Keating versus Hume: where willy-nilly meets obscene
Retirement
Keating versus Hume: where willy-nilly meets obscene
‘It's your money’ flouts the strict superannuation access rules we have accepted since 1992, and many are putting short-term wants ahead...
Graham Hand | 02 September 2020
Is your super fund swimming or treading water?
Retirement
Is your super fund swimming or treading water?
Australian super funds delivered a record-breaking eighth straight year of positive returns to members in 2019.
Emma Rapaport | 20 January 2020