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British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... risk. While there are few defined benefit funds left in Australia, it may have relevance to investors in this country. Rainmaker reports there is $312.7 billion in funds under management in defined benefit funds in Australia, or roughly 25% of total ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... super fund we aim to provide a consistent, strong-performing fund over the longer term for our members," Stevens said. Rainmaker research shows super funds' overall asset allocation to equities has been less than 50% since 2011. The research also shows ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Rainmaker has dramatically enhanced the product research data depth available in its SelectingSuper CompareOnline SOA and superannuation comparison website. SelectingSuper CompareOnline is the web-based comparison system used by adviser groups, super ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... relatively high fees and as a group don't deliver appropriate value in terms of returns and member service. Research by Rainmaker (SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker group) has repeatedly shown only a weak correlation between fund size and metrics ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Steve McKenna is now general manager of investment and client strategy at TCorp. At $70 billion, TCorp is, according to Rainmaker, Australia's ninth largest investment manager, sitting just behind QIC. Its formation also increases the role of the public ...

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... billion in funds under management as of 31 March 2015, $28.9 billion (36%) of which was in global equities, according to Rainmaker Data. However, this number is expected to grow over the next three years as AustralianSuper estimates that its FUM will ...

Australian Ethical reduces super fee

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... translates into a 15% reduction in the Total Expense Ratio for the Australian Ethical MySuper product, according to Rainmaker. But with a revised TER of 1.54% it will still be among the highest priced MySuper products in the market nothwithstanding prior ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan had $2.5 billion in funds under management as at 31 March 2015, notes researcher Rainmaker. The fund is already set to merge with the $628 million Quadrant Super in November. The combined $8 billion superannuation ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australian institutions listening to? Domestically, there's definitely an alternatives growth story. According to data from Rainmaker Information, institutional money invested into hedge funds reached $53 billion at March 2015, up from $39 billion a ...

IOOF merges two licences

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... Plan B's roughly 12 planners will move to Shadforth following a six-month plan to merge the two licensees. According to Rainmaker data, IOOF employed 529 advisers through 14 groups as at December 2014. As per its website, there are 136 advisers under ...