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Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Australian investors put almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. Fund inflows rose to $35.7 billion across all assets in 2021, up from $13.6 billion ...

Use of cryptos to boom in 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
One billion people will own some form of cryptocurrency by the end of 2022, new research suggests. Analysis from Crypto.com shows the number of crypto owners across the global nearly tripled last year from January's 106 million to 295 million in December. ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The exit of 807 advisers during the Christmas and New Year break leaves the total population close to dipping below the 18,000 mark. There are currently 18,015 practising financial advisers left, according to Rainmaker's modelling of the ASIC Financial ...

Former BT executive assumes CIO role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
The former investments chief of BT Financial Group and Suncorp has landed a new role at a $49 billon UK fund manager. Patrick Farrell is the new head of research and chief investment officer at Charles Stanley. Farrell was BTFG's chief investment officer ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Financial advisers tilted towards the non-aligned sector at an unprecedented rate during 2021, a new report suggests. The 71% drop in adviser numbers came from aligned AFSLs, according to Rainmaker's Financial Adviser Report. The number of aligned ...

Ellerston investments chief in new role

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Chris Hall has taken on a new role with a biotechnology company after finishing up at Ellerston Capital last month. BiomeBank has announced the appointment of Chris Hall as the new chair for the clinical stage biotechnology company. He served as chief ...

Cbus adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Two new members have joined Wayne Swan on the board of industry superannuation fund Cbus. Jason O'Mara was appointed a member director this month, replacing Dave Noonan. O'Mara has been the Construction, Forestry Mining and Energy Union's ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
American Century has launched a global small-cap fund targeting Australian wholesale investors. The American Century Global Small Cap Fund is actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ...

JANA hires legal expert from industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Investment consulting firm JANA appointed a legal expert to lead its risk and compliance division. Lindy Hunt was hired as head of legal, risk and compliance last December, joining from Club Plus Super where she spent the last seven years of her career. ...

Record inflows for HUB24

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
HUB24 has reported record platform inflows for the December quarter of the financial year. HUB24 saw platform net inflows of $3.6 billion during the quarter, including $349 million transitioned from externally administered legacy IOOF private labels ...