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MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
MTAA Super has been awarded SelectingSuper's Fund of the Year by the Rainmaker Group beating finalists that included other star performers and market innovators HESTA Super, AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... Australian super funds are relatively safe as they have minimal exposure to the asset class compared to the US. According to Rainmaker Data, the total allocation to private equity of the non-profit super fund sector was 7.3 per cent but a bulk of that ...

First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... all helped make $15 billion First State Super the 'lowest cost' public offer fund in Australia, based on the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report reviewed 502 funds across all categories and acknowledged First State Super as the lowest cost ...

MLC upgrades its group insurance suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... affordable insurance for clients for the long term," said Andrew Howard, MLC head of group insurance. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said the enhancements allow superannuation funds and employers to access a significant range ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Flexible Lifetime - Super product, the largest personal super fund in Australia with $21 billion in funds according to Rainmaker Data, with its Flexible Lifetime - Allocated Pension product, the fifth largest retirement product in the country with $5 ...

Suncorp ripe for the picking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... may or may not lead to formal proposals, but the market would be informed of any material developments. According to Rainmaker Information, Suncorp's investment management business, which is invested across Australian fixed interest, Australian equities ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... look set to step back by end this week however, as Congress again votes on the bail-out legislation. Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director, said from New York this morning, that Congress will reconvene immediately after the Jewish New Year public ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the bill on Thursday. Complicating the vote however is the highly charged US presidential race, said Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director who is currently in Wall Street. Expectations surrounding the vice presidential televised debate on Friday ...

Perpetual makes key move into SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... rate than any other superannuation sector, but fund manager penetration is at a low 20 per cent to date, according to Rainmaker data.

No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... shorting rules in the UK and the US will impact local investors via their exposure through their super funds. According to Rainmaker Data, a super fund allocates an average 24.2 per cent in global equities. But one long-only fund manager said that the ...