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Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... similar moves in the US and UK. About 35% of total MySuper assets are currently held in lifecycle strategies, according to Rainmaker research. About 26% of MySuper products offer lifecycle investment strategies. Retail funds dominate the segments with ...

MySuper growth leads industry

KANIKA SOOD, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... more than $635 billion in assets and account for about one-quarter of Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system. Rainmaker's latest MySuper report shows the sector is growing at twice (19%) the pace of overall superannuation products (10%), even ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and contrasted this against the fund's MySuper ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... average workplace super default investment option would have grown to $163,000. The SuperGuard 360 indices are owned by Rainmaker Information and its group of companies.

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Retail MySuper products grew four times faster than not-for-profit (NFP) products in the year to September, Rainmaker's latest MySuper report shows. The pool of retail MySuper assets grew 24% year-on-year to $610 billion, while NFP assets increased ...

SMSFs narrow performance gap: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
SMSFs underperformed default MySuper options by a narrow margin in the 12 months to August, the latest Rainmaker SuperGuard 360 report shows. The SG360 SMSF reference index, which measures the post-fee investment return of SMSF trustees, delivered slightly ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
Rainmaker analysis of super fund returns for 2016-17 shows this will be the eighth consecutive year of positive returns with cumulative returns since the GFC breaking through 90%. SelectingSuper expects the buoyant investment returns could see more ...

Retail funds closing in on return gap

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... The five-year performance gap between not-for-profit and retail funds has narrowed to 130 basis points, according to Rainmaker SelectingSuper research. While the one-year gap to April 2017 widened to 70 basis points, overall retail funds have performed ...

Weaker returns for SMSFs: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... Self-managed super funds delivered lower returns compared to MySuper products in the 12 months to April, according to Rainmaker's SuperGuard 360 SMSF performance index. The SG360 SMSF reference index generated a return of 10.3%, slightly underperforming ...

ACSI calls time on all-male boards

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... running out of time and are at serious risk of votes against sitting directors in the near future," she added. Based on Rainmaker SelectingSuper research, there is a strong argument for ACSI's stance on the issue. The research focused on returns for ...