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Alex Dunnin
Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd

Alex Dunnin is the executive director of research at Rainmaker Information, which also owns this publication.

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Do the Fauci
It's time to dispel some of the mythology around financial illiteracy, disengaged fund members and how consumers are supposedly incapable of digesting complex information and making smart decisions.
Let's talk about Future Super
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. And people sure like talking about Future Super. It's been the target of full-frontal assaults in the business and investment ...
Lifecycle super's ticking clock
Lifecycle super started with so much promise and such a compelling value proposition. When you're young you have plenty of time up your sleeve and can afford to take investment risks to reap long-run ...
Yeah, yeah, whatever
A former Commonwealth minister for superannuation once told me that you can tell a lot about an industry by the things it complains about. Industry representatives have as much right as everyone else ...
Big Super bad egg?
"Dedicated to the workers of Australia." So begins Senator Andrew Bragg's latest book 'How to fix super: Bad Egg', a 120-page monograph, launched just a few weeks ago in June, that ...
Mutt funds no longer welcome
What was Australia's top performing super fund in FY 2018? Was it the Triple S responsible option's 9.8%? Was it Qantas' 11.6% that they achieved for their millennial life stage members? Was ...
FHSSS is a bigger reform than we think
Obsessive reaction to the Budget bank tax is distracting many people from properly appreciating the power play that is the First Home Super Savings Scheme (FHSSS). This is because in setting up a scheme ...
Australia's new public enemy No 1
Australian consumers have a new enemy. While much is made about some financial advice and insurance scandals, excessive fees, poor disclosure and low accountability, at least these problems have become ...
Global energy policy - follow the money
As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States it's time to seriously assess how his presidency will impact global investors. The easy part of this is how it will impact US ...
Take the risk out of insurance reform
Dysfunctional arguments Americans have regarding their Affordable Care Act remind us how poorly most people understand insurance. Following the election of Donald Trump on 8th November speculation is ...

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Hostplus, Intrust merger now official

KANIKA SOOD  |   12:40PM
The two funds have confirmed they have signed a successor fund transfer deed to chase a merger, as first revealed by Financial Standard on May 21.

Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing over one third of Americans to delay their retirement while a larger cohort are turning to part-time work to supplement their nest egg, a new survey finds.

Cbus invests in NHFIC issues

KANIKA SOOD
Cbus has invested $51 million in two recent funding rounds from the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), taking the fund's total allocation to social and affordable housing to about $140 million.

SG increase to self-fund retirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON
The latest figures from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show the Superannuation Guarantee increases will double the number of Aussies reaching a comfortable standard of retirement.

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Risk versus return

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The pursuit of member outcomes is a fine balancing act of maximising returns and managing risks for AustralianSuper chief risk officer Paul Schroder. Karren Vergara writes.
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