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FS Advice launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
The new look Australian Journal of Financial Planning, now called FS Advice, has been launched at the Rainmaker Advisers Big Day Out in Terrigal, on the NSW central coast. The journal has been redesigned to align it with the suite of Financial Standard ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... impacting returns, particularly high equity weightings during the current time of share market volatility. According to Rainmaker research, equity weightings for not-for-profit funds average 52% but for retail funds it's 61% and if you include retail's ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Superannuation funds have around 32% of their investments in Australian equities, amounting to around $432 billion, according to Rainmaker Information. "Events like these really expose the way we treat retirement, as though it's just a slightly more ...

School's in for hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... funds are estimated to now be running $2 trillion worldwide. In Australia they run approximately $50 billion, of which Rainmaker estimates $35 billion is locally sourced. According to a survey conducted by hedge fund information provider HFObserver ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... reportedly has $11.2 billion in US treasury holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve Bank. Rainmaker research shows the average superannuation fund has 5.8% of their total assets in international fixed interest products. The ...

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 ...

Macquarie backs annuity income as contributions drop

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... management had net inflows of $5.1 billion in Q1 2012 and the highest number of institutional mandates awarded, according to Rainmaker Information. BFS said that it continues to focus on retail client growth, actively growing its annuity products for ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... mix of skills. But if the proof is in the pudding, industry funds have so far outperformed retail funds. According to Rainmaker research over the last five years to May, default investment options in retail superannuation funds have averaged just 1.01% ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... expected to double from 20% of the superannuation to 40%, according to industry research published earlier this year by Rainmaker. "This market wants to increase their exposure to asset classes that deliver consistent income and don't diminish the purchasing ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... bigger you're therefore cheaper - it's not even the beginning of an argument," he said. Andrew Keevers, researcher at Rainmaker Group, agreed. "It can reduce costs to the member but it doesn't reduce fees," he said. "In all the mergers we've seen there's ...