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Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The government has announced a $110 billion infrastructure project pipeline to help fuel the post COVID-19 economic stimulus, and it's not just concrete and steel. Billed as one of the budget's cornerstone commitments, the government will spend an extra ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
After the shock of the Early Release of Superannuation scheme's COVID-19 amendment, the superannuation sector can breathe a sigh of relief that government hasn't introduced a mechanism to allow members to divert their super savings into a deposit on ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The aged care sector is set for a major boost to address problems raised in the Royal Commission and prepare for the coming wave of aging retirees. Aged care expenditure will increase 7% during 2021-22 to $24.3 billion and by 37% over the next four ...

Managed accounts prop up platforms

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... platforms would have shrunk $3 billion over December 2017 and December 2020. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said managed accounts are the only growth vector in the platform market. "It shows the managed account share of the wrap ...

UniSuper tops MySuper league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... official onset of COVID-19 and its financial impact," Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Yet just one year on and its negative impacts are already starting to wash off as the MySuper index has again ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... months ending January 2021. A much smaller number (47) increased their fees. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said the firm's research continues to see evidence of concerted efforts by fund trustee boards to lower fees. "Australia's ...

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 ...