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Put risk on the super comparison table: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... that makes it easier for Australians to accurately compare their super products. We're not there yet." Rainmaker research of a sample of AMP's MySuper lifestage shows it performs broadly in line with the industry average, achieving returns of ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research revealed that over the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... Her comments come just a day after the new consumer group slammed MySuper - and the superannuation lobby - by revealing research which showed more than 170,000 people were placed in a poor performing super product in 2017-18. SCA acting director Xavier ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... said Hostplus doesn't publicly disclose their socially responsible fund holdings. However, according to Rainmaker research, Hostplus was one of the first super funds in Australia to publish its fund-wide portfolio holdings and specific exposures ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... ESG and has been a well-respected advocate in this space." Alembakis will report to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research, and Michelle Baltazar, executive director of media. The acquisition comes six months after Rainmaker Group purchased Money ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... may have used political contributions to win mandates from public pension funds in the United States until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs from University of San Diego and Thuong ...

Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... use, he said: "Well I would hope not." ASIC does not have to disclose who it consults with when it conducts the kind of research it is doing around MDAs. "The way they do a review like this, the Courts Act gives them the power to send you a notice which ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... Australia has marked its launch with a swipe at MySuper products and the superannuation lobby. The consumer group said its research shows the superannuation system "put over 170,000 people into a poor performing super product in 2017-18", which will ...

Insider trading rife among company directors: ANU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Research conducted by the Australian National University suggests insider trading by company directors and associated trading on the Australian Security Exchange is "rife". The research examined trades made by company directors after positive and negative ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... technology is likely to forever alter how people expect to receive and pay for retirement advice. New insights from the research house suggest robo-advice is not the only channel through which the advice industry will be changed by technology. Superannuation ...