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abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... December 2022, it was known as the Select Investment Actively Hedged International Equities Fund. According to Rainmaker Information analysis of the funds' flows, the Aussie equity fund's FUM has dropped 36% in the last three years, while the other's ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker recently conducted a high-level study of US state pension funds' investment returns, analysing the 2022 investment ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... burst onto the scene in 2014, followed by Grow Super, Spaceship, Crescent Wealth, Human Super and Zuper. Rainmaker Information analysis shows that at their peak, 30 challenger brands tried to take on established industry and retail funds, hitting $3.8 ...

Negative wholesale funds market growth continues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... trillion wholesale funds market has experienced negative growth, contracting 2.6% in annual terms. According to Rainmaker Information's latest Wholesale Advantage report, wholesale funds have had three consecutive quarters of negative growth, to September ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... financial advisers in Australia has declined from 26,500 to 16,671 from 2019 to 2022, according to research from Rainmaker Information, noted the JAWG. "Urgent action is needed, the government has a rare opportunity to deliver affordable and accessible ...

Sequoia FG revises profit expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... said is pushing an expectation that the licensee services business will have a strong 2H23. According to Rainmaker Information, Interprac has 273 advisers as at December end. Sequoia flagged that it is considering consolidating its licensees, reducing ...

Treasury working on QAR, super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... fund members (43,000 people) aged between 65-69 have more than $1 million in their superannuation account. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin explained only 1% of all super accounts hold more than $1 million. "However, this ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... segment, enabled by the rise of managed accounts. As previously reported by Financial Standard, according to Rainmaker Information the managed account market reached $175 billion in funds under administration (FUA) in the year ending December 2021. Managed ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...

Adviser population dropped 17% in 2022

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The number of financial advisers is now at its lowest in almost two decades, analysis shows. According to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, a net 3250 (17.3%) financial advisers exited the sector last year ...