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Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Although the report finds more than two-thirds ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... businesses for profit, according to new data from Macquarie. Macquarie's Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking Report, a survey of 355 small to mid-tier firms across Australia, focused on key trends among firms earning above average profits ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... not-for-profits is currently 120 basis points, according to Rainmaker Information research. In the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report, based on the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index in the 12 months to August 2016, the researcher ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... three retirement fund categories in the SelectingSuper performance tables. According to the July Rainmaker Benchmarking report, BUSSQ placed on top for performance across the Workplace (MySuper default option), Personal (balanced), and Retirement (balanced) ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... older age cohorts dampened the market impact with superior, albeit still negative returns," Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking report said. "Single investment strategy results were largely between these ranges; they outperformed all lifestage products in ...

Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... already become a multi-billion dollar market. Titled "Harnessing Potential, Asia Pacific Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report", the study surveyed over 500 alternative finance companies and captured an estimated 70% of the visible market. "Activity ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... distinct factions. New research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker Benchmarking report, analysed the performance of retail and not-for-profit funds over the 10-year period from June 2005 to June 2015. The report ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... be noted, though, that 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 ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... VicSuper ($793m), Australian Ethical ($681m) and Christian Super ($642m). Australian Ethical welcomed the RIAA benchmarking report and said it confirms that responsible investment performance is consistently competitive, busting the myth that investors ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... group insurance premiums, the latest study from Rainmaker shows. The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options offered by 235 super funds and master trusts. The report suggests this has come about because insurers ...