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Retail super fund commissions revealed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
Retail super fund members paid almost $3 billion in commissions during 2010, according to new Rainmaker research. The fee study, commissioned by Industry Super Network, shows that members parted with $1.9 billion in payments linked to super investments ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... returns, particularly high equity weightings during the current time of share market volatility. According to Rainmaker research, equity weightings for not-for-profit funds average 52% but for retail funds it's 61% and if you include retail's preference ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... has $11.2 billion in US treasury holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve Bank. Rainmaker research shows the average superannuation fund has 5.8% of their total assets in international fixed interest products. The largest ...

Seven super funds win AAA for entire product range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... all of their superannuation and retirement products from research firm Rainmaker in the last three months. Rainmaker research has reviewed 510 superannuation and retirement products in its SelectingSuper Fund Quality Assessment. The seven new funds that ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... skills. But if the proof is in the pudding, industry funds have so far outperformed retail funds. According to Rainmaker research over the last five years to May, default investment options in retail superannuation funds have averaged just 1.01% per ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... with REST, rather than changing funds based on year-to-year performance," said Hill. Recent data released by Rainmaker Research predicted an average superannuation balanced fund return of around 8% for the year. REST has 1.9 million members.

Telstra Super majority returns above 10%

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... (8.56%), and Fixed Interest (6.20%) and Cash (4.24%). The results looked similar to recent data released by Rainmaker Research, which predicted an average superannuation balanced fund return of around 8% for the year. Starting on July 1, the fund introduced ...

First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... Health Super also noted that it would retain its Health Super Financial Planning (HSFP) office. According to Rainmaker Research, Health Super ranked first in the one year performance to 31 May 2011 in default investment option performance for workplace ...

AMP looks to uni for future planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... are trying to create pathway for people to see financial planning as their career destination." According to Rainmaker Research, in March this year there were 18,598, which is 280 down from 12 months ago. The industry's five-year growth is 2.8% pa, which ...

BT Investment Management wins $61m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... disenchanted with the former investment managers. The charter was awarded in the March quarter, according to Rainmaker Research. Advance Asset Management (AAM) is part of the Westpac Group along with BT Investment Management which is 60 per cent owned ...