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Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... agreed indexed funds are leading to bubbles; while an equal number (17%) said they were either unsure or disagreed. Rainmaker Group's June ETP Report shows the Australian exchange-traded product (ETP) market increased 6% over the quarter to $29.2 billion. ...

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 ...

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... cashflows coming in and little money leaving "gives you firepower" as well as a longer time horizon over which to invest. Rainmaker Information shows in the 12 months to 30 June 2017, the top ranked MySuper single investment strategy was Hostplus with ...

Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
... months to March 2017, and non-institutionally-aligned dealer groups captured more than 70% of this growth, according to Rainmaker research. While institutionally-aligned licensees still represent 65% of the country's financial advisers, the research ...

Kinetic Super CIO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... Kinetic's evolution over the past nine years and particularly of what was achieved for the fund's members." According to Rainmaker Information, for the 2017 financial year Kinetic Super Personal Growth (MySuper) option produced a return of 11.9%, placing ...

AustralianSuper moves to opt-in insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... zero." "That's an example where the industry hasn't been as focused on insurance where we should have been." According to Rainmaker Information data, based on the latest APRA data at June 2016 for MySuper products, AustralianSuper has the second highest ...

Record turnout drives Managed Accounts Forum success

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... well-rounded overview of the regulatory, legal and compliance issues affecting both advisers and managed accounts operators. Rainmaker Group director of research Alex Dunnin kept the momentum going, presenting the latest research on 15 managed accounts ...

Managed accounts demand dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 17 SEP 2017
... faster than any other segment of the platform market - will fundamentally change the role of financial advisers, latest Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker Group director of research Alex Dunnin, who presented the findings at today's Financial Standard ...

The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... the fund member's beneficiary or beneficiaries or to the individual in the form of a terminal condition payment. Read Rainmaker Information director of data and head of superannuation research Stephen Fay's blog: Does group insurance need to be sold ...

MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... account. Excluding self-managed super funds, MySuper now accounts for more than 40% of super assets or $595 billion. Rainmaker analysis shows there are 111 individual MySuper products offered by 94 separate superannuation funds. In the 12 months to 30 ...