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SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Provider of the Year. "We're here to celebrate what's good about our industry," said Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker Information. "There's been a lot of negativity surrounding the industry coming out of the reviews and regulators - and ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... has turned to below line remuneration payments to advisers rather than commissions paid directly by consumers," noted Rainmaker in their latest Advantage report. Rainmaker found that platform funds under advice in master trusts and wraps climbed 16 per ...

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... funds. At the end of the March quarter, the company had almost $530 million in funds under management (FUM) according to Rainmaker Information. The dispute is set against the backdrop of ASIC tightening capital and liquidity requirements for responsible ...

Mixed results for US industry giants

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... into fixed income and the balance split across multi-asset class products and alternative investments. According to Rainmaker Information, BlackRock was Australia's sixth largest fund manager at June 30th, with over $42 billion under management. Diversified ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... Australian fixed interest, which includes government bonds and other instruments, of less than 10 per cent of assets, Rainmaker Information shows. Halmarick points out that local banks will be forced to hold more government bonds as part of new liquidity ...

State Street lifted by passive strategies, ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... committed to our long term financial goals" said Joseph Hooley, the company's president and chief executive. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 30, State Street was the second largest investment manager operating in the Australian ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... Australian context, trustees essentially remain price takers from the financial services providers." According to the 2010 Rainmaker Fee Review, not-for-profit funds charge 1.05 per cent in fees (based on a total expense ratio which includes member ...

Assets that thrive under pressure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... and indexed investments were the top three asset classes based on growth in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker research. Figures show that these three asset classes grew their FUM between June 2007 and June 2010, a time when almost ...

The ever-shrinking pool of property fund managers

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... assets are swirling through the industry, a development that would only concentrate the market even further. According to Rainmaker Information, at June 30th, the Australian wholesale property funds management industry manages more than $145 billion ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... similar risk profiles. By comparison, the S&P ASX300 accumulation index returned 13.05 per cent over the same period, Rainmaker Information shows. Kessell said the fund's annual investment fee is below 0.40 per cent per annum, cheaper than the industry ...