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Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... significant disparity among premium rates and the level of cover superannuation funds are offering, latest Rainmaker research reveals. The study of 15,000 insurance deals offered through 220 superannuation products found life insurance cover on average ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... 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 a 67% share. ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... Australian investors, with more than $111 billion FUM invested, primarily led by superannuation funds, according to Rainmaker research. It has also been growing - up of 16.7% over the 12 months ending December 2017. However, the impressive-sounding $25 ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... hold only 47% of the managed funds segment in Australia, down from 75% at the time of GFC, according to new Rainmaker research. The $755 billion managed funds segment in Australia includes retail unit trusts, exchange traded funds, model portfolios on ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... since 1985, very few finance ministers or Treasurers have ever got serious about the finance sector," he added Rainmaker research shows that at 31 December 2017, not-for-profit funds - 54% of which are industry funds - held about $200 billion in Australian ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... these commercial arrangements, industry funds are also some of the biggest investors in the banking sector. Rainmaker research shows that at 31 December 2017, not-for-profit funds - 54% of which are industry funds - held about $200 billion in Australian ...

Insto licensees still bleeding talent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... fall by 6% to 9205. Of that cohort, only IOOF saw an increase in its adviser footprint. This reflects earlier Rainmaker research, released in February, which showed that roughly one in 10 financial advisers swapped their licensee in 2016-17 - and 56% ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... of Australian shares, making it an attractive solution for both institutional and retail investors." Recent Rainmaker research indicates that the "sweet spot" for ETF fees is around 40 to 49 basis points - this range represents the largest number of ...

MySuper growth leads industry

KANIKA SOOD, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... sector (3.7%) products. Strong equities and property performance buoyed gains in the final months of the year, Rainmaker research said. Single investment strategy MySuper products hit a rolling 12 month return of 10.1% - up from 8.1% in the September ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Australia was allocated to cash, and fund managers have been leaving lesser amounts in cash over the years, Rainmaker research shows. Pengana is still well within its 20% cash limit which it maximised in post-Brexit and post-US election markets. But ...