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Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... would make the cut? If performance were the key metric used to determine which MySuper products are shortlisted, latest Rainmaker analysis of three-year returns - as at November 2018 - shows the top 10 would comprise nine industry funds and just one ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... three aspects: fees deducted from the account and investments, and the total fees and costs paid. Industry response Rainmaker Group executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said ASIC's proposal to streamline fee disclosures within ...

Advice groups sign on to HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Partners brings 31 registered planners to HUB24's platform. The licensee has added 10 planners since June, 2017, Rainmaker data shows. HUB24 has also brought on board Portfolio IQ, which is a collection of 25 smaller licensee businesses. The two ...

FASEA reforms see ASIC register swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... ASIC's Financial Advisers Register (FAR) were answered in 2018. More than 3300 names were added throughout the year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Advisers Register shows advisers registered with the regulator grew from 25,484 to 28,863 ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... this is the SelectingSuper MySuper/Default index, which fell 3.2% in October and lost all its gains since January 2018. Rainmaker Information, the research house behind SelectingSuper, noted October's fall might not be a significant event on the ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... what's not as clear initially is the makeup of institutional investors voting down these remuneration reports. Researcher Rainmaker notes the nation's superannuation funds on average hold between one-fifth and one-quarter of their Australian equities ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... 12-month period ending 30 September 2018. Australian fixed interest FUM stood at $286 billion at the end of the period, Rainmaker noted. International fixed interest FUM meanwhile increased 11% to $165 billion. Super fund exposure to fixed interest bonds ...

MLC admin error hits superannuation DB members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... immediately notified." Plum acquired ExxonMobil defined benefit members under its existing Exxon Plum Super Sub Plan in 2013. Rainmaker data shows there are about 700 active defined benefit members in the plan. It is understood that access to Plum's ...

Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... mFunds assets swelled from $10 million to $25 million making it the 10th largest player in the mFund space, according to Rainmaker Research. ASX's mFunds have been growing but remain small. They had a total of $758 million at September end, nearly ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... research for ClearView, predicts Australia will need 29,400 advisers by 2022 to cater to Baby Boomers. According to Rainmaker data, as at October 2018 there was 24,889 advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register. With widespread predictions that ...