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89 funds earn top Heron rating
The overall quality of Australian superannuation funds and products is continuing to improve, according to the latest Heron Partnership Quality Star Ratings, with 89 funds representing all sectors of the industry earning the firm’s maximum five quality star rating.
The ratings, released to Super Review this week, saw funds as diverse as AMP Flexible Super, AustralianSuper Public Sector, IOOF Personal Super, EISS Super, HESTA, Sunsuper for Life and Telstra Super make it to the five quality star list.
Commenting on the results, Heron Partnership managing director, Chris Butler said the firm had been impressed by the continuing improvement in the overall quality of superannuation funs and products in Australia.
The company also looked at MySuper products and assigned 32 of them the top five quality star rating.
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TOP PERFORMING FUNDS
ACS FIXED INT - AUSTRALIA/GLOBAL BOND
Fund name
3y(%)pa
1
Spire Oaktree Opportunities XI Second Close
36.43 3 y p.a(%)
2
Spire Oaktree Opportunities XI First Close USD
35.08 3 y p.a(%)
3
DomaCom Lot 21 Chellaston Road Munno Para West SA 5115 Australia
31.72 3 y p.a(%)
4
Fidante Credit Suisse Global Private Equity
29.60 3 y p.a(%)
5
Global X GlobalX FANG+ ETF
27.64 3 y p.a(%)
