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Super assets hit $1.6 trillion, investment returns at 4-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... with the super fund industry achieving its best investment returns in four years at 15.5%, as reported last month by Rainmaker from its SelectingSuper June 2013 crediting rates survey. Industry funds grew even faster as they climbed 21% during the financial ...

Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... importance of social media, it's usage by super funds members as a source of information is still very low. Research by Rainmaker reveals that HOSTPLUS and Sunsuper, two super funds widely acknowledged as leaders in the use of social media, only have ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... 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) in an interactive.

Super fees fall to 1.23%

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... fallen to 1.23% but increased to $18.6 billion on the back of rising assets under management, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The researcher has just released their annual superannuation fee report that analysed fees offered 526 funds and master ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... ago we launched BT Super for Life, a low-cost superannuation account for all Australians." According to research from Rainmaker, BT Super For Life has been one of the most successful products in the low cost super segment growing to $3.2 billion. It ...

Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... finished 2012-13 achieving a near record breaking 14.6%, the third highest annual return result in the 26 years for which Rainmaker has been collecting records. Explaining why the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index result ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... independent dealer group and their funds under advice account only for 17% of the total according to the March 2013 Rainmaker Advantage report. However, a recent survey shows that most clients of advisers working for aligned dealer groups think that ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... 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) in an interactive.

Super fund returns as good as it gets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... members who kept their nerve after the GFC are now reaping the benefits. The result is based on preliminary analysis of Rainmaker's June 2013 SelectingSuper Workplace super fund default investment performance survey that shows this year's 15% expected ...

Centrepoint spent $4.9 million in client claims

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... experienced a fall of adviser numbers and has gone from 1,257 advisers in March 2011 to 559 this year, according to the latest Rainmaker Advantage Report from March, 2013. PIS has also seen a restructure of its management roles, with former chief executive ...