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New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... ironically, when retail funds are dominating not-for-profit funds in the performance tables like never before. According to Rainmaker's SelectingSuper March 2010 fund performance survey the average retail fund is out-performing the average not-for-profit ...

AvSuper appoints Hannover Life Re

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... arrangements kick in on 1 July. Hannover Life Re's mandate includes group life insurance and income protection policies. Rainmaker Information data shows Hannover will replace ING Australia. Hannover was selected following an "extensive benchmarking ...

AXA protects retirement income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... more growth assets. AXA's existing North product range has already been a hit with financial planners. According to Rainmaker, the AXA North platform is the fastest-growing platform on the market, with its superannuation business up close to 400 per ...

AFS deal raises Asian opportunities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... potential buyer's self-imposed deadline of August 30 to either go through or discontinue talks with AFS. According to Rainmaker Data, AFS is ranked 21st out of 670 dealer groups in Australia based on adviser numbers. The group has more than 200 financial ...

Asset Super tops up direct property

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... latest property investments bring the total unlisted property exposure of the fund to almost $28 million". According to Rainmaker Information, Asset Super returned 24 per cent for its default option at the end of March. The fund's performance ranks number ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... products." The spokesperson could not confirm Credit Suisse's total FUM after Challenger's buy by press time. However, Rainmaker data as at December 2009 show that the firm managed $2.26 billion before the Challenger deal, meaning remaining FUM stands ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... more than the lift in SG and the impacts would have been immediate rather than take a decade to phase in. Analysis by Rainmaker however reinforces the political nature of the government's decision to reject the Henry Report superannuation recommendations. ...

Lonsec appoints head of equities research

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... management, investment consulting, top-down macro strategy and corporate finance. Meanwhile, Kwok previously worked at Rainmaker and Fidelity prior to working at van Eyk. At Lonsec, Kwok will be responsible for the quantitative analysis of the portfolio ...

Perennial eyes US recovery for next returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... year. The Perennial Value Australian Shares Composite returned more than 48 per cent in the year to March, according to Rainmaker. This composite fund alone has more than $7 billion in funds under management.

Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Rainmaker Research has found that $1.3 billion of workers funds were redirected to financial planners in the form of commissions, including $550 million from compulsory (SG) super. Rainmaker, which owns Financial Standard, also reported that $6.48 billion ...