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Industry funds dominate risk-adjusted MySuper returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... funds are assessed, using a selection of strictly defined quantitative measures of volatility against returns," said Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker director of research. "There is much more to assessing a MySuper product's risk-adjusted outcome than simply matching ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... compounded effect of the rally that happened since then," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "These results show us yet again that superannuation has this uncanny knack of surprising on the upside." Why the stellar ...

Don't over-interpret OECD super fee figures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... avoid over-interpreting OECD figures indicating Australia's retirement saving system is cheap, as debate breaks out. Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance, has called on Australia's superannuation aficionados to take a ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... this morning. The $167 billion AustralianSuper took home the coveted title. Rainmaker executive director of research, Alex Dunnin said: "What makes AustralianSuper stand out from the crowd to be this year's winner is not its size but that as it gets ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... redundancies in some of the administrative areas," he said. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin added that the complexities of the potential merger were great though agreed there are multiple issues to overcome. "QSuper ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... financial advisers and the more diverse needs of their clients. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin commented on the insights: "Super funds aren't Netflix. They offer too many investment choices. " It's clear choice explosion ...

How much Future Fund spends in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... 1.31% three years ago to 1.42% in the most recent period. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said it's worth contrasting these investment costs with those paid by super funds which average around 0.7%. "The Future ...

Australia's best risk-adjusted MySuper option revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... and was followed by CareSuper, Intrust Super, Hostplus and then ESSSuper. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said the report dispels the myth that to achieve high returns MySuper products need to take more risk. "Only five of Australia's ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... unrivalled expertise and knowledge on ESG and has been a well-respected advocate in this space." Alembakis will report to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research, and Michelle Baltazar, executive director of media. The acquisition comes six months ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... the right fund and monitoring it at least once a year is so important, said Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin. "But it should also be appreciated that some of funds identified as poor performers are actually designed for the purpose ...