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Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... best performing single-strategy MySuper option in the year ending April, as superannuation's rebound continued. The Rainmaker MySuper Index returned 18.7% in the 12 months to April. The month's returns were 70bps lower to 2.2%, as equities and ...

Cost of group insurance declines

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
Despite the spate of superannuation funds increasing the cost of cover, new Rainmaker analysis shows group insurance premiums fell by 7% to a four-year low of $8.7 billion. The research, conducted over 10 years, also revealed that not-for-profit (NFP) ...

Super fee squeeze continues

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
Fifty-six superannuation products dropped their fees in the March quarter, according to Rainmaker Information's analysis of 475 product disclosure statements. Overall, 152 superannuation products updated their PDS's between January and March 2021. Of ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... financial advisers has officially dipped to 19,922, declining about 11% compared to this time last year. As at June 3, Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register shows that there are currently 2144 active AFSLs. This is compared to 2175 ...

Life insurers getting into rehab concerning: SCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... funds' premium collections on group policies fell 15% to $8 billion in 2019-2020, according to APRA data. According to Rainmaker, this is the first time that premium collections. However, claims showed only a marginal drop. Between 2004-15 premiums ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... are the product of comprehensive analysis of 120 investment managers offering close to 1000 strategies, performed by Rainmaker Information. Macquarie Investment Management, winner of Investment Manager of the Year in 2020, is up for several awards again ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... policy that has a very strong incentive for all funds to look at their fees and their costs," she said. According to Rainmaker research, in 2019/20 about half of MySuper products lowered their total fees. So far, this financial year about 40% of funds ...

Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... of which is in unlisted assets within Australia. This amount, however, remained unchanged during the past 12 months. Rainmaker data shows there is $127 billion held by Australian-based institutional investors, also unchanged during the past annual period. ...

State Street appoints APAC head of asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... March end. It has been in APAC for almost 40 years and is the biggest institutional manager in Australia, according to Rainmaker Information.

UniSuper to open doors to public

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... investment performance, leadership in sustainable investing, low fees and strong member focus," he said. The latest Rainmaker Information superannuation analysis recorded UniSuper's balanced option returning 22.6% per annum over one year, 9.1% over ...