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Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... is to be compared on an "apples with apples" basis there are several key points to consider, according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... though, that despite the increase in premiums reported by DEXX&R, the Autumn 2015 Superannuation Benchmarking report from Rainmaker Information shows that repricing by insurers has been "more moderate than expected." The report, which analysed 15,408 ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... exchange traded funds (ETF), indexed FUM is still 95% sourced from traditional non-ETF indexed mandates and managed funds. Rainmaker has just released its annual state of play wrap of the indexed FUM market and found that it holds $392 billion if you ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... about $4000 per annum in superannuation - or around nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. Rainmaker Information suggests that $2.75 billion in lost super equates to 3.4% of Australia's total employer contributions collected ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... in international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian equities. The latest edition of the Rainmaker Research Mandate Chaser report shows that Australian institutional investors awarded about $29 billion in mandates during the ...

National Achievement Awards to recognise top executives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... performance has been exemplary and deserve recognition." This year the National Achievement Awards will accompany the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards A on 18 November at the RACV Club in Melbourne.

Voting opens on SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... EnergySuper in 2014. It is a vote where fund members are invited to nominate their preferred or favorite super funds. Rainmaker, SelectingSuper's research partner, is encouraging super funds to promote the voting among their memberships. To ensure mid-size ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... for financial markets, with negative returns in most Australian equities and international equities sector products," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... banks collect one third of all fees paid to superannuation funds totaling about $10 billion, according to research from Rainmaker Information commissioned by Industry Super Australia. The study found that the super industry drew an estimated $30 billion ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker Information director of ...