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AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... places AIA in the top spot as Australia's largest group insurer, with 28 per cent market share by members, according to Rainmaker Information. The second biggest insurer, OnePath Life, has 19 per cent market share. AIA's contract comes a month after ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... manager can exploit market timing and maturity, as well as opportunities outside the universe of the index. According to Rainmaker Information to June 30th, Aberdeen was the seventh largest fixed interest manager in Australia with more than $10 billion ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... significantly above average with the fund's balanced option posting returns to end October 2010 of 8 per cent compared to a Rainmaker-SelectingSuper market average of 6 per cent.

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... deciding the fate of many mandates. First State uses JANA while Health Super currently employs Towers Watson. According to Rainmaker Information, First State is much more conservative, with almost half of its assets - or $8.5 billion - allocated to indexed ...

AMP won't be fifth banking pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... as much as its nearest competitor, for platforms where the real power lies this impact won't be so transformational. Rainmaker figures show that 96 per cent of the platform sector is controlled by the 10 biggest groups with the big two NAB and Westpac ...

Super fund recovery 6pc but big funds fail to fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... gains followed by another 2 per cent in October supplemented by direct property's 9 per cent annual bounceback. But Rainmaker, the research engine behind SelectingSuper, said the most startling aspect of the latest super fund return results is that the ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... 1 May next year. Around $55.7 million of members' money were invested in the option at the end of June, according to Rainmaker Information. The fund, which is a member of industry association ASFA, decided to close the TRO following concerns the strategy's ...

State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... asset manager operating in the Australian market, with more than $77 billion in funds under management, according to Rainmaker Information.

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... members covered for death and TPD. This is up from its current 14 per cent and 2.3 million members, according to the 2010 Rainmaker Group Insurance Report. Tower's numbers boost makes it a strong third largest group insurer, just behind OnePath's 18.7 ...

AustralianSuper to hit $110bn by 2020

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... It is above the average 9.7 per cent yearly growth for super funds in Australia over the last 10 years, according to Rainmaker Information. However, the 13 per cent target is well below the 28 per cent per annum growth of the fund in the last 10 years ...