 RAINMAKER INFORMATION | TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025 As with the commencement of each financial year, July 1 brings with it more changes to the various superannuation rates and thresholds. However, the indexation of only some of the key super thresholds on 1 July 2025 adds an additional layer of complexity ... Read more | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024 ... the year ending 30 June 2024, he notes, landing it squarely in the top quartile of its peers, according to Rainmaker Information. Notably, contributing to this performance, were the fund's ultra-low-cost annual fees of 56 basis points, which are ... Read more  AMAN RAMRAKHA | FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024 ... between senior journalist at FS Sustainability, Rose Mary Petrass (Rose) and executive director of research at Rainmaker Information, Aman Ramrakha (Aman). Rose What are the basics of researching investment products, whether for institutional investors ... Read more | MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024 ... invested, achieved an impressive 8.3% per annum return over the past decade (to September 30), according to Rainmaker Information. Even when the bar is lowered, local super funds still generally outperform their UK counterparts, delivering higher returns ... Read more  ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023 ... but they have a median portfolio of $1.5 million. Their average age is 49. But as exciting as are next-gen investors, Rainmaker estimates them to collectively own just $41 billion in their portfolios, which is only 7% of the combined $580 billion in ... Read more  JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022 ... they do or don't do so I'm going to just leave that one alone and talk about some recent research we did at Rainmaker Information. For some time I have been concerned at a potential switch between opposing investment styles. For many years - basically ... Read more  JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022 ... Dawson says was a slow burn. But now these products represent almost half of the MySuper market, according to Rainmaker Information. "I remember standing in front of a big crowd of journalists unveiling the first true Australian lifecycle funds, and ... Read more OSKAH DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021 ... climate change, institutional investors should be as well. Oskah Dunnin, a part time research associate at Rainmaker Information, is a postgraduate student of the Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific. Read more  KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021 ... digitally savvy members. It is not the only one. As of June 2020, there were about 23 of them, according to Rainmaker Information. Most new superannuation funds are geared towards younger investors, have choice offerings rather than MySuper products ... Read more  POOJA RANI | FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021 ... Turns out RSEs think their MOAs are not that significant, neither to their funds nor to their members. This is based on Rainmaker analysis performed on a sample of super fund MOAs and found there were inconsistencies all around regarding what they contained. ... Read more |
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