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In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... new Thinking Ahead Group. Further, statistics show that asset consultants may be under threat from internalisation. Rainmaker data shows that over the last 12 months, asset consultant growth in funds under advice has slowed from a five year annual rate ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... whopping 7% pa and 9% pa respectively. Despite the impressive return metrics from the infrastructure sector, research from Rainmaker reveals the asset class continues to attract only low levels of interest from across the broad superannuation sector ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... MySuper products is 1.1% and 1.0% for not-for-profit (NFP) MySuper products, according to research recently released by Rainmaker. "The New Zealand KiwiSaver fee research suggests that Australian super fund fees - despite some frenzied and confused criticism ...

Voting opens on the SelectingSuper popular awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... was won by UniSuper. 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 noting that voting ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... funds, AustralianSuper has significantly raised its exposure to international equities over recent years. According to Rainmaker figures, as of June 2014 AustralianSuper had almost $22 billion in international equities, spread across 21 mandates and ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... finalists including eight organisations that have qualified for the first time. Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker, the research partner of SelectingSuper, said: "The awards are a good opportunity to celebrate the best and most innovative ...

Adviser Ratings website to launch paid options

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... of the consumer." The site includes 18,000 adviser profiles, sourced from publicly available information and from the Rainmaker Information adviser database. Advisers who hold a Certified Financial Planning (CFP) qualification from the Financial Planning ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... alternatives weighting reflect its objectives as a sovereign fund and its intention to minimise home country risks, noted Rainmaker. Illustrating this, super funds on average have a 30% allocation to Australian equities, are 23% exposed to international ...

Low cost retail jumps 82pct

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
While Rainmaker estimates the low cost retail segment to amount to less than $10 billion, the segment is inline for rapid growth underpinned by the MySuper transition and impact of FOFA. Rainmaker has just released its June 2014 Advantage report containing ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... was already 3.3%, which fuels other comments Eliopoulos made about the high costs of using hedge funds. Analysis by Rainmaker of hedge fund exposure among leading Australian not-for-profit (NFP) super funds suggests the same concerns regarding scale ...