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MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... routinely delivering nearly twice the returns of the lowest-performing funds. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said: "While returns are given the most attention, risk and volatility measures are important to consider as funds are ...

Group life premiums topple benefits paid: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... Bank's $1.9 billion premiums, $722 million was paid in benefits. According to Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin, it's no surprise that insurers are fighting hard against the Protecting Your Superannuation (PYS) reforms for ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... options outperformed other balanced options in the 12 months to April 2019. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said the analysis reveals that ESG options perform as well as investment options that do not take ESG principles into account. ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... NAB, Westpac, ANZ, BHP, CBA, Westfarmers, Macquarie Group, Woolworths and Telstra. Executive director of research Alex Dunnin said as super funds become dominant shareholders, companies will have to get used to having larger, more interested investors. ...

Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... choices, 2500 fee options and 15,000 insurance policy options. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said while regulatory bodies call for a 'best-in-show' list of funds, this quality assessment indicates a best-of-breed ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... equities mandates appointments has also contracted though by not as much," Rainmaker director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Super fund consolidation is also a factor in this mandate realignment. The recent string of fund merger announcements ...

Superannuation funds flag $113bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... the combined funds had over $60 billion and 770,000 members. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said the state of Victoria's defined benefit superannuation obligation (via its association of the Emergency Services and ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... Australian equities investments in bank stocks, according to Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin. Imagine the impact if super funds were to lose their appetite. "The financial services' hefty weight in the ASX shows ...

Financial Standard names editor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... Worley and regular contributors from the research and investments team at Rainmaker group, Ben Ong, John Dyall and Alex Dunnin. Michelle Baltazar will be the publisher of both mastheads, Financial Standard and Money. "I am incredibly proud of the team ...

Statewide Super confirms merger talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... members. By assets, it would become the 15th largest super fund. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said a possible merger is very compelling. "Creating a $24 billion fund with 380,000 members spanning the smaller states ...