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FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... investor sentiment, and the figures show a striking bias towards Australian rather than global equities. According to Rainmaker research, as of the end of June 2013, 32% of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) money was in direct Australian equities ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Australian financial system can be unlocked and allowed to flow into income generating and productive economic activity. Rainmaker estimates that only about $30 billion is invested into private equity by mainstream investment managers and super funds ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 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).

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... $100,000 and $200,000 is the tipping point at which SMSFs costs match those of pooled superannuation funds. However, Rainmaker analysis of Australian Taxation Office (ATO) performance data suggests that there is a significant scale effect associated ...

Bridges CEO leaves after implementing IOOF model

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... Bridges Financial has over 300 advisers and about $8.9 billion in funds under advice as of March 2013, according to Rainmaker data.

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... risk-adjusted returns, particularly in the case of emerging markets investing. Wirds, speaking to a full house at last week's Rainmaker Adviser Big Day Out seminar in Sydney, said Robeco calls this relationship the 'low risk anomaly'. "Indeed, low risk ...

Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... over-intermediation of financial services" at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) forum in Sydney. Quoting Rainmaker data, Silk argued that the superannuation industry grew by just over 20% in 2012, while cost was only reduced ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 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).

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... significant role in helping to drive investment in Australian businesses," said El-Ansary said. According to research from Rainmaker latest Mandate Chaser report, PE and VC investments through mainstream investment managers amounted to $26 billion at ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among 50 leading super funds conducted ...