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State Street secures REST lending deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... those out on-loan. REST has more than $20 billion is funds under management and around 1.9 million members. According to Rainmaker Information, as of March 31 2011, REST had $5.7 billion, or 28 per cent, of its portfolio invested in Australian equities ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... construction industry fund issued a total of six mandates in the year to December worth $743 million, the latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report said, making them the fifth largest mandate-givers behind front-runners Qsuper, HESTA, REST ...

MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... strategic review of its Australian equities portfolio, which until March 31 2011, was handled by two managers, according to Rainmaker Information. Macquarie was managing $530 million while State Street Global Markets had an $810 million mandate, awarded ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Australian Taxation Office. Collectibles make up only 0.13 per cent of SMSF aggregrate assets, according to research by Rainmaker. Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the peak SMSF association SPAA said, "SPAA believes self managed super funds should ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... accumulation, but that focus was likely to shift quite quickly. This year the first baby boomers hit age 65 and retired. Citing Rainmaker research, Cooper, head of the retirement products division at Challenger Limited, said there would be a 50 per cent ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper, and the ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... - the most of any institution - putting it well ahead of second-placed Schroders according to the latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report. Schroders won 14 mandates, beating Wellington which came equal third alongside State Street Global ...

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. ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... 13th largest sovereign wealth fund in the March quarter. It is not known how much the mandate was for. According to Rainmaker research, four mandates went to alternative investment providers Astenbeck Capital Management, Blenheim Capital Management ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... be read in the lunch-room or at the desk." TWUSUPER has been working to educate members in recent years, winning the Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Award for Best Integrated Campaign in 2010 for its "Super tips for any age" campaign. The strategy reportedly ...