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Super assets hit $1.6 trillion, investment returns at 4-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... with the super fund industry achieving its best investment returns in four years at 15.5%, as reported last month by Rainmaker from its SelectingSuper June 2013 crediting rates survey. Industry funds grew even faster as they climbed 21% during the financial ...

Super fund average 14.6% for 2012-13

STAFF WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... finished 2012-13 achieving a near record breaking 14.6%, the third highest annual return result in the 26 years for which Rainmaker has been collecting records. Explaining why the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index result ...

Super fund returns as good as it gets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... members who kept their nerve after the GFC are now reaping the benefits. The result is based on preliminary analysis of Rainmaker's June 2013 SelectingSuper Workplace super fund default investment performance survey that shows this year's 15% expected ...

Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... fund overseas assets, the outlook is for the index to deliver returns for 2012/13 that could be as high 12-14%, noted Rainmaker, the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper surveys. This result means that since the GFC super funds have delivered ...

StatewideSuper withdrawn from SelectingSuper assessment

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... withdrawn its quality assessment for StatewideSuper. The fund was previously assessed as AAA. SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker financial services information group. Research director, Alex Dunnin, said the withdrawal of the quality assessment ...

Super funds at a 34-month high

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... year are now so strong that they are three times what consumers would earn from cash term deposits after tax, noted Rainmaker, the researcher behind SelectingSuper. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns are so high, the ASX delivered 23% during the ...

Equipsuper approved to offer MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... their application in January. Equipsuper's MySuper product is expected to be very competitive given that according to Rainmaker's SelectingSuper fund performance survey their default investment option is ranked ninth from 73 over five years and 16th ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... point jump in seven months. As in June last year, returns averaged just 0.5%. The SelectingSuper survey, conducted by Rainmaker Information, shows super fund returns over the past year are now three times what consumers would earn from cash term deposits ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... during December as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed to a 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong performance of equity markets in 2012. The index of ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... iPad app * FS Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Awards for Financial Advisers (the "Smileys") This year, Rainmaker Group which publishes Financial Standard also appointed a new Head of Web and App Development as we expand our suite of mobile ...