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Industry funds on top again

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... places. However, all was not lost for retail master trusts, according to Rainmaker's associate director of research Andrew Keevers. He said while the results showed industry funds were "the kings of multi management", the retail sector's strength lay ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... having more global-quality investment managers to choose from, according to a new report released by Rainmaker. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker's associate director of research and author of the Mandate Chaser Report, said "funds now average 19 mandates each ...

Inhouse investment consulting on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... and marketing for Marvin & Palmer and Associates in Australia. Illustrating the rate at which this is occurring, Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker, said large funds above $10 billion in assets now average about five investment ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... equity options averaged nearly double at a staggering 27.5 per cent. Associate director of research at Rainmaker, Andrew Keevers, said only the 1996-97 results bettered those of the last financial year, when funds averaged 16.3 per cent. "Over 10 years ...

Internationals in rare win over Aussies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... year. Small cap stocks also outperformed their large and mid cap counterparts for the third consecutive month. Andrew Keevers, director of research at Rainmaker, said that, "Both from superannuation fund results and from investment markets, we've noticed ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... sector." However, Rainmaker fee data to April 2007 paints a different picture, said associate director of research, Andrew Keevers. "In 2007 the key finding was that workplace super fees have increased by 8 per cent, nearly three times the rate of inflation," ...

Members covered for fraud but not bad investments

... directly linked to fraud or theft but likely due to the sums being poorly invested by the now-disqualified trustees. Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at the Rainmaker group, said that while super fund members don't have to understand the ...

Alternative goes mainstream as long-only dies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... will continue to adapt to this new market environment and become even more focused on specialisation, he said. Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker said a sting in the tail with these approaches however is that investment fees ...

Virgin Super zooms to top quartile

... result ranks Virgin Super at 30th overall in the balanced category out of 203 individual investment options," said Andrew Keevers, associate director of research, Selecting Super. He said this is a surprising outcome given Virgin Super uses indexing ...

Virgin conquers web

... great to see funds like Virgin and maxsuper addressing consumer needs, particularly in cutting the red tape," said Andrew Keevers, associate director of research, Selecting Super. While the web is a hit, Virgin plans to give their product a more personal ...