Testing times for super funds

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Rachel Alembakis looks at the challenges faced by Australia's super funds as they face up to the worst returns in 20 years

The 2007-08 financial year has seen the worst returns for superannuation funds in two decades. The median return for the balanced portfolios of superannuation funds, where the majority of members s...

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