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When to de-risk proving a roadblock for life-cycle super strategies

With the introduction of MySuper, it seemed investment options based on a person’s age would be the wave of the future. While there were some early adopters, the balanced approach has remained the preferred option.

Penny Pryor | 15th Apr 2025 | More
Funds struggling to build lifetime income products: Chant West

A Retirement Income Covenant obligation notwithstanding, there is still a paucity of these complex products on offer. The Advice Through Superannuation draft legislation might offer a way forward.

Penny Pryor | 4th Apr 2025 | More
Trump’s trade policies cast dark shadow over share markets

While equities came out of the blocks like Usain Bolt in January, propelled by strong domestic and international share markets, a White House committed to tariffs and slowing interest rate cuts could still derail investment returns in 2025.

Nicholas Way | 26th Feb 2025 | More
  • What the ‘heavy emphasis’ on fees really achieved for members

    The MySuper reforms have seen costs come down and members getting a better deal, according to a decade of data compiled by Chant West, but the laser focus on fees from government and the regulators mean the industry’s opinion is “generally less sanguine”.

    Lachlan Maddock | 28th Feb 2024 | More
    Super good results under ‘testing circumstances’ in 2022

    It was non-traditional diversification that saved the top performing super funds in the “torrid” year of 2022, with Chant West’s top 10 funds mostly pursuing larger allocations to infrastructure and private equity.

    Staff Writer | 20th Jan 2023 | More
    Chant West’s fix for the ‘unintended, unacceptable’ consequences of YFYS

    Chant West’s proposed replacement for the performance test might cut through the complexity and create a fairer system for super funds, which have dramatically altered their investment strategies to avoid failing.

    Lachlan Maddock | 25th Nov 2022 | More
  • Why APRA should have more leeway on YFYS

    Adding a qualitative measure of performance or the right to appeal to YFYS could enhance consumer outcomes. But critics have warned that it could defang the test.

    Lachlan Maddock | 4th Nov 2022 | More
    How to build a better YFYS test

    If reducing the number of funds was its goal, Your Future Your Super has been a wild success. But as an indicator of performance, it leaves a lot to be desired.

    Lachlan Maddock | 28th Oct 2022 | More
  • ‘They’re open to change’: Glimmers of hope for a new YFYS test

    One number will never tell the whole story, and a new and improved performance test could comprise as many as nine metrics, according to Chant West. This time around, Treasury is actually listening.

    Lachlan Maddock | 14th Oct 2022 | More
    Fewer losers as super funds manage to the YFYS performance test

    Fewer funds failed the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) test than last year – but plenty of passes have come from managing to the constraints of that test.

    Lachlan Maddock | 31st Aug 2022 | More
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