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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... stock markets saw super fund returns dip but performance is still solid over the longer term. According to figures from Rainmaker, the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index fell sharply during August with 12 month rolling performance ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... be $55 000 better off at retirement if their fund merged with a larger, more efficient fund. Separate research from Rainmaker released recently shows that competitive forces resulting from the MySuper regulation and innovation in technology have already ...

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... commissions, half still recommend an average 0.55% in ongoing advice service fees, the annual super fee survey from Rainmaker reveals. As a result of the compulsory adoption of the FOFA reforms on 1 July 2013, advisers are required to negotiate the fees ...

Managed Accounts challenge to retail wealth groups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... offer managed accounts but that doesn't mean they are using the same strategy to get involved with the emerging sector. Rainmaker has just completed its second annual Managed Accounts report containing a detailed product scan of the managed account market ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... into ETFs in August 2015 were $360 million, about half the net flows that the sector had seen during the month before, Rainmaker Research's ETF report shows. At the same time, total funds under management for the sector fell from close to $20 billion ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... fall has not unduly impacted providers' bottom lines, according to the latest comprehensive survey of the sector by Rainmaker. The average super fund total expense ratio (TER) has fallen from around 1.9% in the 2008/2009 financial year to just 1.16% ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Accounts and model portfolios. Individual managed accounts are the focus of one third of advisers who use managed accounts. Rainmaker will be presenting the results of its latest managed account research at the Financial Standard Best Practice Managed ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... basis points whereas the size of the average fund increased by more than twelvefold over the same period. The latest Rainmaker Benchmarking data shows total fees collected by Australian superannuation funds in the 2015 financial year topped $23 billion ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... appears. She added other ways to save money include custody, FX trading, in interest rates and cash accounts on custodians. Rainmaker recently completed its 2015 Rainmaker super fund fee survey and found the average Total Expense Ratio (TER) across Australia's ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... accounts through investment platforms, though - the majority of SMAs are offered by Praemium, Linear and HUB24, as per the Rainmaker Information Managed Accounts Report - Sanders doesn't see this "product mentality" changing too quickly. "For one," he ...