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Netwealth integrates with fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Newly launched financial advice software ProductRex has partnered with Netwealth. Advisers using the app are able to import data from Netwealth's platform into their ProductRex account. ProductRex managing director Nick Topham said the partnership ...

IOOF advice outflows soar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
The wealth manager recorded significant outflows in its financial advice business as advisers departed following its transformation strategy. Financial advice recorded $2.2 billion in outflows from 33 advisers departing from IOOF's self-employed advice ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Delta variant outbreak remained the focus of attention in Australia. The daily case of infections in Greater Sydney surged to 136 on Friday (July 23) - the highest number since the this year's outbreak - prompting the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Zenith adds client to Macquarie Wrap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Zenith Investment Partners has launched a new managed account client on Macquarie Wrap as adviser demand for managed account solutions soars. Zenith worked with The Moreton Group to develop a customised managed account on Macquarie Wrap, which has helped ...

Advisers overlook home equity release strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Financial advisers are shunning home equity release or reverse mortgage strategies that could potentially benefit retiree clients, according to new research. Regtech Fourth Line and retiree financial services provider Pension Boost looked at the Statement ...

Bank rebound buoys Aussie equities funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Australian banking sector has rebounded from being among the worst performers of the 2020 financial year to among the best for 2021. That's according to Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey. The survey also demonstrated ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

Demand soars for global equities ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Investors poured their money into global equities exchange-traded funds, which took in nearly $5 billion in the first half of 2021. This is according to a joint analysis by the Australian Securities Exchange and Vanguard, which found that global equity ...

MySuper performance soars

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
MySuper options have delivered the best annual financial returns in over three decades, new research shows. The latest data from Rainmaker Information's Default MySuper Index recorded 2020/21 financial year returns of an average of 18%, after all fees ...

AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at ASIC and APRA for causing "confusion" and "interfering" with financial advice as they look to introduce new changes to Statements of Advice. The association points to the regulators' joint letter ...