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Boutiques, quant funds shine among active funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... client flows from other active peers are likely to drive flows for active managers." Separate research from Rainmaker Information shows that seven of the 10 top-performing passive and actively managed funds over the year to January were ETFs. Global ...

Advanced ETP portfolios come at higher cost, complexity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... portfolio of exchange-traded products (ETPs), but this comes with increased fees and complexity. According to Rainmaker Information, constructing a balanced portfolio with intermediate ETPs, which target systemic risks like style and market capitalisation ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... default lifecycle investment option bested competitors for the year ending 31 January 2024. According to Rainmaker Information, the Vanguard Super SaveSmart - Lifecycle Age 47 and under investment option posted an 11.8% return for the period ending January ...

Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... researching whether annuities could solve superannuation's need for better retirement income stream solutions, Rainmaker Information, supported by Plan for Life research, found the products are currently far too expensive to do so. The analysis found ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... in the retirement sphere - the fee on both products is just 0.58% - like its MySuper option. According to Rainmaker Information, the median fee on a retirement product in Australia on a balance of $100,000 is 1.07% or $1070. A Vanguard Super member will ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... of 30 December 2023, JANA's total funds under advice was over $1.3 trillion. According to research from Rainmaker Information, JANA holds a commanding market share of 42.5% in the not-for-profit super fund sector as of September 2023.

MDA authorisations remain steady amid exodus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... in the past three years, despite the total number of advisers falling much more. According to analysis by Rainmaker Information, there is now 1998 advisers who can provide product specific advice for MDAs. Over one year, the number has dropped by 0.6% ...

Indexed strategies to hit $1tn in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... 30% in the last five years. "Indexing routinely grows one-third faster than the broad investment market," Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Within some asset classes, this will make indexing the default ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... is well positioned, and we're really encouraged to see strong growth across the fund." According to Rainmaker Information, Australian Ethical's balanced option achieved a 10% return in the year ending 30 December 2023, with a five-year return ...
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