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Finalists for SelectingSuper Awards announced

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Finalists for the 2016 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards have been announced, recognising the top superannuation providers and industry leaders in Australia. UniSuper and BUSSQ led nominations, each represented across six categories. Both ANZ and Intrust ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... points, according to Rainmaker Information research. In the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report, based on the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index in the 12 months to August 2016, the researcher also found that the gap remains at 120 ...

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... weighting to alternatives, reports its investment office. YEF's return contrasts with the 2.9% achieved by the MySuper SelectingSuper benchmark for the same period and 4.8% achieved by the Future Fund. Despite the strong return, YEF's assets reduced ...

ETF managers now among Australia's fastest growing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... 2.9% overall superannuation return for default balanced-growth investment strategies as measured by the June 2016 SelectingSuper MySuper performance index. But it is in the indexing sector where some of the most important market developments are occurring ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... officer and hence will expand the executive team. BUSSQ recently topped all three retirement fund categories in the SelectingSuper performance tables. According to the July Rainmaker Benchmarking report, BUSSQ placed on top for performance across the ...

Super funds return three per cent

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Superannuation funds have returned an average of 2.9% for the 12 months to 30 June as measured by the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index, propped up by property and fixed income. The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

Super funds on track to post positive return this year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... in the 2015/16 financial year, according to the analysis by Rainmaker. The headline performance number for the SelectingSuper Default Option Index includes a forecast drop of over 1.5% in the month of June, driven by the poor performance of equity markets ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index showed a positive 1.4% monthly return in April which, combined with the positive return in March, has effectively reversed the negative results for January and February. The positive month contributed ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... members of executive teams. The findings in the United States echo those in Australia. Recent research by Rainmaker SelectingSuper shows superannuation funds led by women, or with significant governance representation, out-perform "male-centric" funds ...

Extra features not always beneficial for super funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... to their offerings, making it increasingly complex for consumers, according to new Rainmaker research. Rainmaker SelectingSuper has completed a report examining 540 super funds and their extra feature offerings. The research analysed 50 main types of ...