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Adviser numbers plateau

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
The number of financial advisers in Australia appears to be stabilising at 15,602, as Count and AMP Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population ...

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... are personal products. Retail funds accounted for 29% of the AAA products, meanwhile not-for-profit funds constituted the lion's share at 71%, including 85 products from industry funds, 22 from public sector, and nine from corporate funds. The latest ...

Treasury details winners from tax concessions on super contributions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Treasury analysis shows superannuation contributions in Australia, taxed at concessional rates, significantly favour those with high incomes, in its Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement. As per the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) latest statistics ...

Blackstone appoints co-chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
The private equity giant promoted two of its senior executives to the newly created roles, while promoting one other to the position of global co-head of real estate. Blackstone said the appointments are reflective of the increasing breadth of investment ...

Local investors continue to flock to ETFs: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... sustained investor interest, even amid market uncertainty. The survey also showed a strong preference for the vehicle, with the lion's share favouring them over other options such as actively managed funds and listed investment companies (LICs), which ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... them took 107 days, down from AFCA's five-year average of 114 days. Across products, income protection complaints had the lion's share of total complaints, clocking 523 complaints or 28% of the total. Some 347 policyholders complained about term life ...

Risk sector grows 4%: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... the number of risk advisers fleeing the industry. The latest data from Plan For Life shows that TAL continues to hold the lion's share of the group insurance and retail market. The group insurance sector saw a 3.7% year-on-year increase in inflows, with ...

ISPT appoints risk, legal chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
ISPT has added Andrew Dean to its executive leadership team as chief legal, risk, and safety officer. Dean has over 15 years' experience leading legal, risk, and safety teams in the property industry across the Asia Pacific region. In his new role ...

It's time to fill your boots with private debt

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
A panel discussion at the AIST Superannuation Investment Conference (ASI) delved into the performance of private credit markets and highlighted nascent investment opportunities. QIC head of multi-sector private debt Phil Miall, IFM Investors executive ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... financial results show. The total customer remediation amounted to a huge $2.6 billion in the 2023 financial year, of which the lion's share related to its historical aligned adviser network. The former aligned advisers were representative of Financial ...
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