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Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Women-led MySuper products have outperformed on average by a consistent 0.3% per annum over three, five and 10 years, new analysis shows. Rainmaker Information looked at the performance of 18 women-led MySuper products, being those with women in senior ...

Equity Trustees records solid 1H23 result

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... Services had revenues of $11.3 million. It also saw a 4.2% increase in super members owing to organic growth with HUB24 and Smart Future Trust and new appointments from Super Simplifier and Raiz. Total members now sit at about 590,000. "FUMAS and revenue ...

Negative wholesale funds market growth continues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Australia's $1.6 trillion wholesale funds market has experienced negative growth, contracting 2.6% in annual terms. According to Rainmaker Information's latest Wholesale Advantage report, wholesale funds have had three consecutive quarters of negative ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... regulation. The consultation also looks at current financial services regulations' impact on crypto assets, tokens, networks, and smart contract protocols. "While the industry continues to develop and expand, crypto assets are still commonly associated ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...

Best performing MySuper investment option named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Rainmaker Information has released a list of the best MySuper investment options as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus' Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's latest superannuation performance tables with a 6.3% annualised return over a three-year ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... rating. Many of these products also failed the performance test earlier this year. Other poor performing products were ANZ Smart Choice Super, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund LifetimeOne, AvSuper Growth, Mine Superannuation Default ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... are fewer opportunities and options onshore. And understandably, as an operations guru, Leaper thinks outsourcing is often smart for several reasons. First, the title of APRA's outsourcing standard has been changed to operational risk, and according ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... bonds; "How is that going for other funds?" Nevertheless, Sicilia says there are times when falling in line with peers is smart. All funds have an aversion to large currency swings. The currency markets are hazardous because volatility is notoriously ...

The challenge of articulating value of ongoing advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A panel session at the FPA Professionals Congress in Sydney has heard of some of the challenges planners face in articulating the value of ongoing advice arrangements. On the panel was Personal Financial Services principal and founding director Angela ...