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Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... products have outperformed on average by a consistent 0.3% per annum over three, five and 10 years, new analysis shows. Rainmaker Information looked at the performance of 18 women-led MySuper products, being those with women in senior positions of fiduciary ...

Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... million but has only softly committed to paying super on PPL when it can afford to. In a new Financial Standard podcast, Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin said the $200 million needed to help ensure women also retire with ...

Super tax break crackdown to hit $410bn in savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Rainmaker Information estimates the $3 million superannuation cap would impact $410 billion of savings for around 100,000 Australians. Although only a small proportion of Australians hold $3 million or more in superannuation, they own a disproportionately ...

SMSF sector hit the reset button: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... plummet by 60%. While it didn't take them long to bounce back, how they're used has changed. According to insights from Rainmaker Information, the self-managed super funds (SMSF) sector grew its funds under management (FUM) by 5.8% per annum over the ...

Bridges can meet advice affordability gap: Mota

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... channels breakeven, we expect the advice division as a whole to be tracking at [about] the $10 million profit," he said. Rainmaker analysis shows that Insignia led the pack in terms of adviser numbers, followed by AMP. "How do we remain at the front ...

abrdn terminates funds amid transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... until 1 December 2022, it was known as the Select Investment Actively Hedged International Equities Fund. According to Rainmaker Information analysis of the funds' flows, the Aussie equity fund's FUM has dropped 36% in the last three years, while the ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker recently conducted a high-level study of US state pension funds' investment returns, analysing the ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... Virgin Super burst onto the scene in 2014, followed by Grow Super, Spaceship, Crescent Wealth, Human Super and Zuper. Rainmaker Information analysis shows that at their peak, 30 challenger brands tried to take on established industry and retail funds ...

Negative wholesale funds market growth continues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... $1.6 trillion wholesale funds market has experienced negative growth, contracting 2.6% in annual terms. According to Rainmaker Information's latest Wholesale Advantage report, wholesale funds have had three consecutive quarters of negative growth, to ...

AFA, FPA propose merged entity name

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... Certified Financial Planner member of the FAA will pay $995 in annual membership fees for the 2023-24 financial year. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register at the end of 2021 shows that the FPA is the preferred adviser association. ...