Design of MySuper default funds: influences and outcomes

Adam Butt; M. Scott Donald; F. Douglas Foster; Susan Thorp; Geoffrey J. Warren

doi:10.1111/acfi.12134

Design of MySuper default funds: influences and outcomes

Adam Butt, M. Scott Donald, F. Douglas Foster, Susan Thorp, Geoffrey J. Warren

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Abstract

We interview Australian fund executives about how their organisations responded to MySuper, a regulatory framework for default retirement savings funds that providers were required to have in place by the beginning of 2014. We provide an account of the influences on MySuper product design. Our analysis generates insight into how fund providers balanced their perceptions of the needs of default fund members against business considerations. Differences in member bases and organisational circumstances across funds are found to lead to considerable variation in default fund design.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	47-85
Number of pages	39
Journal	Accounting and Finance
Volume	57
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12134
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Default investment products
Investor needs
Pension funds
Regulation

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