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AMP Capital weighs up costs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... running the business for the environment we face today." AMP Capital is Australia's largest funds manager, according to Rainmaker.

SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... quarter." The quarterly survey covers 1,900 funds and $1.4bn in assets, which represents 0.4% of SMSF sector, according to Rainmaker.

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... returns. Offsetting this poor share market outcome is Australian bonds which achieved a stella 12% index return, noted Rainmaker. REST acting chief executive officer, Paul Sayer, said, "This result maintains REST's position as a strong performing industry ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Fidelity's Australian equities fund manager, Paul Taylor. Fidelity's win comes in the midst of an investment mandate drought. Rainmaker data shows that the number of mandates changing hands is down, with 500 swaps in the year up to 31 March 2012. This ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... where their alternatives allocation averages only 6%, less than one-third the global average, according to research from Rainmaker. Goss said that driving the push to higher use of alternatives is a desire by pension fund trustees around the world to ...

ISN releases super returns persistency report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... fund' metrics limits the usefulness of the report's findings. Nonetheless, the report indirectly supports findings of Rainmaker research conducted several years ago that found persistency in market rankings of default options in workplace super funds. ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... a poor returns outlook for super funds because their returns are 96% correlated with the share market, according to Rainmaker analysis. These expectations explain the interest in alternative investments complemented by capital preservation strategies. ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins $34m in mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Vitamins. The $34 million boost would take MasterKey Business Super's funds under management to around $4.72bn, according to Rainmaker. "To win these clients in open-market tenders is evidence of how impressive a proposition MLC MasterKey Business Super ...

Macquarie to sell COIN

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... Financial Planning, Commonwealth Financial Planning, Westpac Financial Services and ANZ Financial Planning, according to Rainmaker. Craig Coleman, chairman of Rubik said the company had been assessing acquisition opportunities for some time. He said ...

Avenue joins Lonsdale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... footprint is now about 1000, placing them as the sixth largest advisery group and just below Westpac/BT, according to Rainmaker.. Avenue, with an estimated $1 billion in FUA, was formed in December 2000 and has been operating across NSW through 15 practices. ...