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Suncorp to drop aligned advice businesses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... license conditions will be carried over to Suncorp's continuing advice business. Based on 2014 figures from Rainmaker Information, there are 139 planners working under the Guardian Advice licence.

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... structuring their boards to tackle new technologies, wider availability of data, member retention and regulation, Rainmaker Information recently conducted preliminary research of c-suite executive role titles in its database and found there were several ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... potentially fresh MySuper products, lifecycle investment options are proving to be a popular choice. According to Rainmaker Information, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) data shows that as of 30 June 2015, there are 28 registered lifecycle ...

Life insurers must address group risk schemes: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... June 2015", the group disability income business remained problematic and incurred a loss for the year. Rainmaker Information said the general consensus from APRA for these losses included loose underwriting in group risk schemes through default cover ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... compared on an "apples with apples" basis there are several key points to consider, according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... despite the increase in premiums reported by DEXX&R, the Autumn 2015 Superannuation Benchmarking report from Rainmaker Information shows that repricing by insurers has been "more moderate than expected." The report, which analysed 15,408 risk options ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... annum in superannuation - or around nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. Rainmaker Information suggests that $2.75 billion in lost super equates to 3.4% of Australia's total employer contributions collected by APRA-regulated ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... one third of all fees paid to superannuation funds totaling about $10 billion, according to research from Rainmaker Information commissioned by Industry Super Australia. The study found that the super industry drew an estimated $30 billion in fees during ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker Information director of research and editorial services Alex Dunnin said that the research - based on a Financial Standard survey ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... investment platforms, though - the majority of SMAs are offered by Praemium, Linear and HUB24, as per the Rainmaker Information Managed Accounts Report - Sanders doesn't see this "product mentality" changing too quickly. "For one," he says, "you've got ...