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Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... performance for workplace default investment options remained at - 21 per cent, the lowest average on record according to Rainmaker. "The growing gap puts a spotlight on investment strategy, particularly a super fund's attitude to how diversified their ...

SuperCentral hires Negline

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... the SMSF space - compliance and costs." Negline is the technical services editor at Financial Standard, spearheading Rainmaker's technical services library, CPD service and editing The Australian Journal of Financial Planning.

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... recognises the role of short selling. This decision will have a large impact on the superannuation industry. According to Rainmaker, long short equity strategies are the most common style of hedge funds used for investment mandates. In addition, the ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

Rainmaker has just completed a major research expansion, boosting the investment option coverage in its online adviser and super fund web software to a massive 25,000 investment options. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... last year, we still have to work even harder this year to maintain our leading position," said Anderson. According to Rainmaker Data, Mercer Super (corporate trust division) is the largest corporate super in the country with 230,000 members and $10.4 ...

AWM consolidates RSE licences

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... products within the group so it "made sense" for it to take on the role of trustee for those super funds. According to Rainmaker, prior to the change, SMF Funds Management managed around $5 billion in funds under management (FUM) from platforms and Questor ...

North awarded 'very strong' S&P rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... have the product on their approved product list (APL). This isn't the first time the product has received accolades, Rainmaker Group awarded North the Best New Superannuation Product of the Year 2008.

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... some industry players arguing there should be less of both. But in a report titled 'The myths of fund consolidation', Rainmaker Research, the research unit of Rainmaker (owner of Financial Standard), noted that fund consolidation is not the answer to ...

Divide super for members: Rainmaker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... others that want a full service super solution to ensure members are in the appropriate fund, according to Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker Information director of research. Speaking at the Thomson Reuters Superannuation Governance Forum yesterday, Dunnin said ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... Nick Gruen in a newspaper column and major economic blog last week. The proposal is similar to one presented by the Rainmaker group in March this year. In their proposal, Rainmaker outlined how lifting employer contributions and introducing compulsory ...