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MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... MySuper 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. ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... billion. When grouped with industry funds as not-for-profit funds - as they often are - these funds lost just 5.1%. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said that given not-for-profit funds are half of the industry, APRA's ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... left behind. "These small funds must find a big brother or sister to merge with as soon as possible," Chhikara said. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said Right lane's arguments seem fair enough and are hard to argue ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... said it is outside the authority's remit to look into why financial advisers are exiting the industry in droves. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register indicates that the register has dropped by 1488 advisers since the start of ...

Count Financial makes growth-focused hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... month after the firm hired former IOOF alumnus Phil Creswell as its head of professional standards. It also comes as Rainmaker analysis reveals nearly 1500 advisers have dropped off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register since the beginning of the year. ...

916 advisers gone in three months, ASIC responds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... pandemic hit. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register has dropped by 1488 advisers since the start of this year, according to Rainmaker analysis. Since COVID-19 hit, in less than three months from 27 February 2020 to 21 May 2020, the number of registered ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... the early release scheme - we now predict that SMSFs will again move significantly ahead of the other sectors." Though Rainmaker executive director research and compliance Alex Dunnin said industry funds aren't alone in suffering as a result of the pandemic ...

2020 MAX Awards finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Financial Standard MAX Awards have been named and voting is now open. Now in their 25th year, the Financial Standard MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards recognise individuals, teams and organisations in ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... needing to generate cash, and fast, questions remain on how this will impact equities markets. According to research house Rainmaker Information, at the end of 2019, Australia's superannuation funds owned approximately 38% of the ASX (across not for ...

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 ...