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St George and Westpac to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... instance will leap ahead of NAB-owned MLC, who held the lead at $71.9 billion in FUA at the end of last year, according to Rainmaker. It will also create Australia's largest supplier of home lending with a market share of 25 per cent and an estimated ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Fund, the Building Australia Fund (BAF) could skyrocket the government into Australia's number one investment manager. Rainmaker estimates the Future Fund is already $65 billion and the fifth largest wholesale investment manager operating in Australia. ...

Give advice a tax break

... pro-advice, but the advice needs to be impartial and in the member's best interests, rather than commission driven." Based on Rainmaker research, none of the largest 30 financial advice dealer groups recommend industry super funds - which do not pay ...

Capital guaranteed on winning streak

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Capital guaranteed options are enjoying a bull run as they lead the pack in investment returns, latest data from Rainmaker Information reveals. February statistics from Selecting Super indicate capital guaranteed options have delivered an average return ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... have continued to outperform over the past year as a result of their high allocations to direct property, according to Rainmaker Information. "Our research has shown not-for-profit funds have increased their lead because of the direct property investments. ...

CSRF drops SIM for AMP

... the committee, and it is an advisory committee only, the CSRF Trustee feels it is a great step forward." According to Rainmaker Data, Suncorp secured a $79.2 million mandate from CSRF in 2002. While the sum is relatively insignificant compared to average ...

Ken Done sues over $53m bad advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... important to differentiate between the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning arm and Financial Wisdom. According to Rainmaker Data, Commonwealth Financial Planning has more than 700 advisers managing nearly $26 billion in Funds Under Advice (FUA). Financial ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... the economies of scale? Are directors more concerned about themselves than they are their members?" asked Chant. But Rainmaker group director of research and editorial, Alex Dunnin, strongly disagrees with Chant's comments. "I think some of these comments ...

Governance before crisis

... [governance] at those times is that they were dealing with immediate issues that have to be shut down," he said. Research by Rainmaker and ISN indicate that the compulsory superannuation fees in master trusts are rapidly approaching the $1 billion mark. ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... adequacy is the impact of fees, commissions and investment performance has on a member's final pay out. According to Rainmaker associate director of research Andrew Keevers, the line for a clear-cut adequacy solution is hard to draw. "There are two sides ...