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Group life premiums topple benefits paid: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... analysis reveals. Using APRA data of industry and retail superannuation funds and their respective life insurers, Rainmaker research found the gross five-year payout ratio for NFP funds was 51%, while retail funds recorded a 41% margin. AMP Super topped ...

Commonwealth Bank mulls retail advice business sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... this time." CommSec Advisory has about 18 financial planners across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, according to Rainmaker research. CommSec Advisory is understood to have about $4 billion in funds under advice. However, CBA did not confirm. CommSec generated ...

Millennial super products still just hype

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... billion of superannuation money but most products pitched specifically at them have been slow to take off, new Rainmaker research shows. Australia had 19 superannuation products designed for millennials and marketed as app-based disruptors, as at April ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... of adoption. Only five industry funds ditched their single strategy MySuper product for a lifecycle option, Rainmaker research shows. Giants like AustralianSuper, UniSuper and Hostplus have so far stuck to single strategy products. On the other hand ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Superannuation fund are forecast to control more than half of the ASX in 15 years' time, new Rainmaker research shows. Super funds currently invest about $700 billion in ASX-listed companies, representing nearly a 40% stake of the index and growth ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... now trade in Australia, but not all have tickled investor appetite, with several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this morning, Rainmaker head of investment ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... but without the same diversification across asset classes as Rest's Core Strategy," it said. According to Rainmaker research, the new indexed options make Rest one of the top providers of ultra-low cost member investment choice options. For a balance ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... account balances this financial year. Rainmaker senior research analyst Pooja Antil said even though recent Rainmaker research showed no meaningful systematic relationship between fund returns and their growth asset weighting, the October analysis shows ...

Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... 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 double the year ...

ETF issuer hires Olympian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Walesby said. ETFS had a 3% share of Australia's roughly $39 billion ETF market at the end of June, according to Rainmaker research. The company reaped about $3.7 million in management revenues from the $1 billion plus it managed in the year ending June ...