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ERS applications flat line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... as people look to get some extra cash for Christmas. Rainmaker's executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said the numbers suggest those who were willing to access their super early appears to be thinning out, but another resurgence ...

MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... August, it earned 9%. It is currently down 4% from its January 2020 peak. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin commented on how superannuation continues to be resilient despite the COVID-19 economic meltdown. "While it may not be due ...

Fees fall after super mergers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... economies of scale for the funds, which has led to members being better off," Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. "Regulators and political leaders continue to heap pressure on funds to merge, particularly if they lack scale or ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... 16.7% and the Lincoln Wholesale Australian Growth Fund at 16.6%. Rainmaker executive director, research and compliance Alex Dunnin said: "The results show that fund managers are very efficient at running Australian equities, exceeding the index on a ...

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... population growth on the back of COVID-19 travel restrictions. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said the removal of $3 trillion worth of capital could have major ramifications. "This lower projected outlook for superannuation ...

ERS surges $7bn in a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... seen when applications opened back on April 20. Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance, Alex Dunnin, said while the figures are startling, there is a nine-day lag between applications and payments and Treasury has had access ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... suffering through an unprecedented period of market volatility. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin argues they have made a remarkable recovery, with Australia's superannuation system recuperating much of their losses ...

Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... houses, consultants, platforms themselves and financial advice groups," Rainmaker executive director of research, Alex Dunnin. "Of the 1003 unique models, 12% are ETF or indexed based, but the big surprise is that only 2% have been identified as being ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... crisis. Now is not the time to be swapping investment mandates," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said about the drop. The Rainmaker Roundup report, which tracks mandates awarded by superannuation funds, says superannuation ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... funds are assessed, using a selection of strictly defined quantitative measures of volatility against returns," said Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance, at the time. "There is much more to assessing a MySuper product's ...