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Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... with the number of models available on managed accounts up 70% per annum, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker research found over the last four years, the number of model portfolios on offer has increased from 865 to 4129. Meanwhile, Rainmaker ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... options have generated positive returns, after a couple of negative months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest Rainmaker research shows the average return for MySuper products in May was 2.1%, which followed the 3.2% return posted in April. The result ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... expectations of investors for the year, new analysis shows MySuper products have managed to turn things around. Latest Rainmaker research shows MySuper products offered by not-for-profit funds are performing strongly in the wake of COVID-19, with Rainmaker's ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... within the not for profit sector industry funds hold 73% of the assets. MySuper assets grew by 20% in 2019. The Rainmaker research found that SRM had an inconsistent correlation with returns, and was a poor indicator of what a product would return. When ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
New Rainmaker research has revealed the winners and losers in the exchange traded product (ETP) market during the quarter to March's COVID-19 induced volatility. March 2020 was characterised by sharp falls and rises in equities as investors grappled ...

ETF demand boosts gold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... strong demand for ETFs coupled with the world's original safe haven has driven gold ETFs to record highs. Rainmaker research shows that assets under management in gold ETFs has increased around 45.8% in the period from December 2019 to March 2020. ...

APRA-regulated fund or SMSF: It's all the same

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... drastically volatile markets, major funds have been hit time and time again. But, what about SMSFs? According to Rainmaker research, on average, 24% of a SMSFs aggregate funds under management is in cash, 17% is in property and 43% is in shares. Shares ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... billion from Australia's superannuation system since the ASX's February 20 peak, according to new analysis from Rainmaker Research. Many superannuation funds lost between 10% and 14% as the equity markets plunged, as at March 12. "Of Australia's $2.9 ...

SMSFs expected to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... current climate, due to higher than average exposures to cash and other low volatility assets, according to Rainmaker research. Around a quarter of the SMSF sector is held in cash and about 45% is held in shares, compared to other super funds that hold ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
New Rainmaker research reveals the financial advice industry in Australia is in a state of compression - as advisers leave in significant numbers and licensees are squeezed. The number of registered financial advisers decreased 15% last calendar year ...