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Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... global to domestic equities ratio over the coming year. This would be a far higher exposure than is currently the case. Rainmaker figures show that on average, not-for-profit super fund exposure to global equities has remained flat since 2008 at between ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... to win 'Super Fund of the Year' at the Selecting Super Awards held last month (the long-running awards is hosted by Rainmaker Group, which owns Financial Standard). The man of the moment was joined by two other industry stalwarts, finalists Andrew Spence ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... returns. These weak returns reflect a very poor quarter for the ASX 200, which saw negative returns of -0.6%, according to Rainmaker figures. September was a particularly weak month, returning -5.38%. However, things picked up again in October, with ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Australian institutions have been increasing their allocations to passive strategies significantly. According to data from Rainmaker Information, the penetration of passive strategies has risen from 11.7% in 2005 to 18.5% in 2014. Total indexed funds ...

Genesys advisers looking at all options following wind up

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... would wind up. At the moment, 92 advice firms employing 188 advisers are licensed under Genesys, according to AMP and Rainmaker Information figures. The practices were offered to transition into another AMP licensee such as AMP Financial Planning, Charter ...

Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... The big four banks and AMP have collectively seen a reduction in adviser numbers during the last quarter, according to Rainmaker Information figures for September 2014. But while the figures are minor in the context of the nation's 19,000-strong adviser ...

Scale not what it used to be

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... a list of nominees that also include some of Australia's biggest and most well known super funds. Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director - SelectingSuper is owned and operated by Rainmaker - said boutique funds fighting above their weight shows ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... the slow retail MySuper transition is costing retail super fund members hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees. Rainmaker analysis of the MySuper statistics released last month by the regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

ETFs jump 44 pct to $13.6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... excess of $20 billion and is already equivalent to one quarter the market size of investment wraps, noted research from Rainmaker.

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... however, higher at 11.7% pa with five year average annual returns at 7.5% pa and 10 year average annual returns at 6.7% pa. Rainmaker, SelectingSuper's research partner, noted that not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 9.3% and ...