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Rainmaker reveals 2021 AAA super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... AAA-rated fund can be confident their fund will deliver on its promises," Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. "To achieve the AAA Rating, superannuation products are independently assessed to ensure they meet high standards across ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... own four in every $10 of Australia's superannuation wealth," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Some super funds, because of the industries and employers they serve, have high concentrations of women members, including ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... obstacles than men to get that share. But they're fighting back," Antil said. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin pointed out that just because a fund has a high proportion of female members doesn't make it a good fund for women. ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... fees going into the merger, seven of the 11 saw an average reduction of 5%. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said fees do not go down just because a super fund merges, they go down because the trustees redesign the product. "Products ...

Local managed funds fee revenues shrinks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... investments do not, as a rule, offer reduced fees," said Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Investment managers will offer high-end customers lower fees, but customers usually have to negotiate these ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... disparity between these and low-performing lifecycle products," Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. Additionally, over the three year performance period to the end of November 2020, there was a 3.3 percentage point ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... classes, super funds struggle to match asset class indexes. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said that while super funds are not entirely lacking, there is room for improvement. "Australian super funds as a group are ...

LICs show sign of struggle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... fixed interest at 10% and property and infrastructure at 1%. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin said LIC assets have shifted towards fixed interest in recent years. "Fixed interest is becoming popular as investors, especially ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... companies with $380 million in new capital to stabilise their businesses." Rainmaker Information executive director Alex Dunnin said AustralianSuper is not far from $500 billion if the current growth rate continues. "They are growing at 10 to 20% each ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... the next iteration of the heatmaps, which will be released in mid-December. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin commented that the idea behind lifecycle products is "very compelling". "As you get older your investment risks are dialed ...