SuperRatings will launch its new research centre next week, a data hub between the 300-plus products and funds it reports on and its own research capabilities.
SuperRatings collects data on more than 300 products, and the new hub will make the collection and monthly reporting of that data more efficient. Where previously funds were emailed a form to fill out and return, now they will be able to update information live from their own desktops. Managing director of SuperRatings, Jeff Bresnahan, said he was committed to making the process more efficient and had “;invested every cent the company has earned back into IT”;. The firm has an internal IT manager and uses the services of three external providers. Meanwhile SuperRatings will also launch its new pension product rating next month. In the five years since the company’s formation, SuperRatings has embedded itself as a core part of the industry. The 2007 annual dinner to be held in November, which announces the fund of the year, is already sold out.
The $34 billion Brighter Super is set to shift a significant proportion of equities assets in MySuper from passive to active management. Chief investment officer Mark Rider says the move is possible because of the scale created by mergers, and the fund will be looking to its newly appointed active managers to generate performance through the cycle by taking idiosyncratic risks.
Darcy SongJanuary 21, 2025
