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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 ...

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 ...