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Super returns dip but still strong

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... rolling 12 month performance index fell during July to return 10.6% compared to 12.7% at end June and 11.7% at end May. Rainmaker, which conducts the research for SelectingSuper, noted that three year super fund average annual returns at end July were ...

Matrix merger to place ClearView among top 10 licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... week and the Matrix board has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the offer. According to the latest Rainmaker Advantage Report from March 2014, Matrix has 100 advisers and ClearView 87. But according to ClearView, the combined group ...

Demand for alternatives sees Blue Sky profits rise

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... company attributed the growth in part to the mainstreaming of alternative assets as an investment choice. According to Rainmaker, alternative assets are the fastest growing asset class in Australia, with allocations increasing from five per cent in 1997 ...

Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... the worst is over in emerging markets and now is looking like a good entry point for long-term investors. According to Rainmaker data, the MSCI Emerging Markets index has achieved an annual return of just 3.88% in the three years to 30 June including ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Private Real Estate division has returned 16.7% net of fees since inception to investors in its funds as at 31 March 2014. Rainmaker statistics reveal alternatives are the fastest growing asset class in Australia, increasing from 5% of all investments ...

MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
MySuper has been an overwhelming success, Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin has concluded, 12 months after the products went online. "Has MySuper worked? Absolutely," Dunnin said at a concurrent session designed to analyse the impact ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... similar to the three year margin of 1.1 percentage points and the five year margin of one percentage point, according to Rainmaker the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper fund performance surveys. However, it is over the seven year period ...

Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... than 1.0 percentage point due the relative improvement in retail funds which normally have higher equities exposure. Rainmaker, the research group that conducts the survey for SelectingSuper, said the longer term segment gap has, however, returned to ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... 2014, taking the total proportion of the funds management market it represents to a record high of 19%, new data from Rainmaker Information reveals. The rise is the fastest 12 month gain since March 2009 to March 2010 and brings total indexed funds under ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on iPadA(C).