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AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... talent, and set numerical targets at the top levels to bring about change,'' she said. The comments follow Rainmaker research earlier in the year, which showed that while women make up 46% of super fund members in Australia, they accounted for just 19% ...

Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... downturn has taken a sizable toll on the size and volume of mandates in 2012, according to recently released Rainmaker research. Highlights from Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser research reveal that mandate appointments (441) in the year to 30 June 2012 were ...

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... do with a significant structural shift in industry dynamics than the recent loss of mandates. According to Rainmaker research, Constellation's funds under management (FUM) have dropped from a peak of $1, 659 billion in 2007 to around $526 million at ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... mandate represents around 15% of BlackRock's total Australian equities funds under management. According to Rainmaker research, it was the second largest BlackRock mandate. "Rainmaker estimates that a mandate of this magnitude represents around $3 million ...

ISN releases super returns persistency report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... metrics limits the usefulness of the report's findings. Nonetheless, the report indirectly supports findings of Rainmaker research conducted several years ago that found persistency in market rankings of default options in workplace super funds. This ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... estimated at around $5bn, noting that Sovereign advises on alternatives and not the whole fund, according to Rainmaker Research. The latest move complements Mercer's acquisition last year of Hammond Associates in the US as Mercer builds an alternatives ...

GMO shuts Aus equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... closure, the fund manager is giving no further comment at this stage on the rationale behind the decision. Rainmaker research puts funds under management (FUM) of Australian equities at $1.65bn as at December 31, 2011. The figure represents a steady ...

AllianceBernstein Australia appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... under management. ABAL now has 12.8 million in funds under management as at December 31 last year, according to Rainmaker research.

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... funds management market itself. The Future Fund is managed by the Future Fund Management Agency. According to Rainmaker research, the agency at end September looked after $90 billion, making it Australia's largest institutional investor. Its impact on ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... fostering a better relationship between the providers of capital and the hedge fund community. According to Rainmaker Research, the Future Fund is the country's largest investor in hedge fund assets with more than $13 billion invested in the sector. ...