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FPA is the preferred association: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... ASIC's Financial Adviser Register are members of the FPA based on the 18,800 recorded in the December 2021 database. Rainmaker's analysis found that the Association of Financial Advisers came second place with 13% or about 2495. "While there are eight ...

WT Financial Group acquires Synchron

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... end of 2021, making it the fourth largest behind AMP Financial Planning, SMSF Advisers Network and Morgans Financial, Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC FAR data shows. The total consideration of $7.96 million is payable over two years, split across cash ...

Aussie small-cap fund returns 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... Fund (19.2% p.a.). The comparable benchmark, the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index, returned 9.8% p.a. On a median basis, Rainmaker found that international equities (24.4% p.a.), property (19.7% p.a.), and diversified growth (12.8% p.a.) were the sectors ...

AMP hands down tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... the partnership reflects AMP's commitment to invest in North's technology to support advisers and their clients. Rainmaker Information data shows that North ranks fourth when it comes to serving the highest number of aligned financial advisers. At ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... Statewide's current total expense ratio sits at 1.10% while Hostplus' is 1.17% - industry average is 1%, according to Rainmaker Information. A Statewide MySuper member with $50,000 saved currently pays $551 total each year, including administration fees ...

Women own $1.2tn in super: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... Australians belongs to women, with most held by Australian Retirement Trust while Rest has the most female members. Rainmaker Information analysis of super fund information published by APRA shows Rest has the greatest number of female members at almost ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... premium seen posing a significant risk to investors with actively managed growth style portfolios. Latest analysis from Rainmaker Information shows benchmark returns for Australian equities in January 2022 were about -6% and -2% for currency unhedged ...

Super fund cuts fees, appoints insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... indirect cost ratio, which is estimated to be 0.004% of assets. Previously it was 0.04%. As a result of the reduction, Rainmaker analysis suggests AMG will have one of the lowest cost MySuper products in Australia, with total fees charged by AMG MySuper ...

Low fees, niche sectors win ETF war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... years. Fixed-income ETFs have dodged the trend, Morningstar said, as money moved to more expensive products. Meanwhile, Rainmaker analysis has indicated that the purchase of Chi-X by Cboe Global Markets has accelerated competition. While the ASX still ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... merged fund, but if we were not merging, we would need to review and increase our current fees and costs." According to Rainmaker Information, the new total expense ratio is still below the MySuper average of 1.08%, coming in at 0.91%. Meanwhile, most ...