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Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... also serves as a non-executive director on the board of FinClear and is on the FCX Advisory Board, She has worked for Rainmaker, CoreLogic International and KPMG. JANA chair Fiona Dunn welcomed the two new additions to the JANA board. "We are delighted ...

Integrity Life to cease writing new retail policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... any new life insurance policies is the option that provides the most stability to existing policyholders. According to Rainmaker analysis, at June end there was just 16,038 advisers in Australia - down from 26,500 in 2019. While about 12,000 of these ...

Super funds prime distributor of death, TPD cover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... an estimated $13 billion in death and TPD premiums last year, more than half of which through superannuation funds, Rainmaker Information says. While the amount paid was up 5.5% per annum over the last decade, this rate of growth has flattened to just ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... competitive product, with a particular focus on high efficiencies and simple solutions for advisers, Quirk said. According to Rainmaker data, FirstChoice commands the greatest market share of advisers, both aligned and non-aligned. "We still see absolute ...

NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... independent education and community sectors. According to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Information, Australia's super fund marketplace is now so concentrated that the biggest 20 hold a whopping 95% of the ...

Advisers' experience stands at 14.5 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... Financial advisers have 14.5 years of professional advice experience on a median basis, but very few have more than 20, a Rainmaker analysis shows. Rainmaker's June 2023 Financial adviser report based on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found that very ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... valuations and fears that continuing hybrid work policies are negatively impacting the flagship office property sector," Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. Many of the dynamics playing out in the sector has led to ...

FY23 farewells 700 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... number of advisers, dragging down the total population to 15,708 from 16,415 at the end of the 2023 financial year. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found a 4% year-on-year decline in the adviser pool from 16,415 advisers practising ...

Ownership changes spur upheaval in unit trust sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... owned by Australia's largest banks and then divested in the wake of the scandals exposed by the Royal Commission, Rainmaker said. As an example, AMP Capital's remaining unit trusts have lost around $1.9 billion in net flows in the year to March. ...

Retirees to own 55% of all super come 2032: Rainmaker

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
Within the decade, retirees will own more than half of all superannuation funds under management (FUM), Rainmaker Information forecasts. Last year, super fund members aged 65 or older owned 40% of Australia's $3.3 trillion in superannuation assets. ...