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Financial Standard launches SelectingSuper iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... first iPad app dedicated to superannuation, an important $1.4 trillion industry." Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker Group, which publishes Financial Standard, says 2012 marks another exciting chapter for the group. "Because we are both ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... still massively under-represented on fund trustee boards, reveals new research from SelectingSuper's research partner Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker has analysed the gender composition of hundreds of super funds and found that just 19% of trustees ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... or to build financial empires. The good news is that research conducted by SelectingSuper and its corporate partner Rainmaker Information reveals that while bigger funds don't automatically out-perform small ones they are more likely to. "This means ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... despite only holding one-third of super fund assets, according to research from SelectingSuper and its research partner Rainmaker Information. The August SelectingSuper crediting rates survey reported a decline in the 12 month SelectingSuper default ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... from 11.9% at end June to just 3% at end July. The results are contained in the August research bulletin released by Rainmaker. Rainmaker is the researcher behind SelectingSuper. The researcher said direct property meanwhile earned 11% through the year ...

Seven super funds win AAA for entire product range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... funds to have recently gained a AAA rating for all of their superannuation and retirement products from research firm Rainmaker in the last three months. Rainmaker research has reviewed 510 superannuation and retirement products in its SelectingSuper ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... 12% plus. The results are contained in the latest fund returns analysis released by SelectingSuper using research by Rainmaker Information. "8% returns, given the rollercoaster ride the capital markets have been through are quite good when you consider ...

MTAA Super strikes back against claims of unhedging

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... positive $46.3 million." Delaney also disputed inferences about the fund's investment performance. According to research by Rainmaker, the company behind SelectingSuper, MTAA Super's 10-year annual returns after all fees and taxes measured at the end ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... be under with 10 year returns just 2.3 per cent per annum above inflation, according to figures released last week by Rainmaker and SelectingSuper. These returns are only 0.2 per cent above returns now available from risk-free 10 year government bonds. ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... annum are 2.3 per cent per annum ahead of inflation over the past decade," said Alex Dunnin, director of research at Rainmaker, the company that does the research for SelectingSuper. "Hitting returns are falling rolling 12 month returns from Australian ...