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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 ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... at the expense of an industry wide mental health pandemic," Johnston said. "The EYFA fraternity should stop being the Christmas Grinch and demonstrate some respect to experienced advisers of all descriptions who have been the backbone of this industry ...

Australians look to gift crypto assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
More Australians can expect a crypto-centric gift in their Christmas stockings this year, a new survey shows, which examines the growing appetite for crypto assets. Over half of the 2000 Australians surveyed by Crypto.com are considering bitcoin and ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... O'Sullivan says he spoke to the fund's chair Ian Martin regularly about succession planning. But it was before Christmas last year that he broached the idea of leaving. He says 90% of the decision was wanting more "me time". "I think as the CEO ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... "pundits struggle to explain stocks stumble", according to the Australian Financial Review (AFR). But as I like saying, Christmas doesn't come everyday. No siree! Still, the performance of the US equities market - as measured by the S&P 500 index ...

MLC Life appoints retail general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... distribution and adviser servicing team," Downey said. MLC Life Insurance received a $650 million capital injection just before Christmas, as its majority owner Nippon Life saw the risk of MLC Life's "stagnant" business performance continuing beyond ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... December quarter were domestic holiday travel (+6.3%), with state and territory borders re-opening in the lead up to the Christmas period, and medical and hospital services (+2.5%), after private health premiums increased on October 1 following a six-month ...

MLC Life appoints transformation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... taking on the role of chief executive at Integrity Life. He will be replaced by QSuper's Michael Rogers. Just before Christmas the insurer received a $650 million capital injection, including $530 million in ordinary equity and $120 million in subordinated ...

Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... "The industry has engaged Treasury on the details of the performance benchmarking and the consultation ended before Christmas so some tweaks might come in," he said. "But the vast bulk of them are still assessing this and most of them are treating it ...

MLC Life Insurance raises $650 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The insurer received a $650 million capital injection just before Christmas, as its majority owner Nippon Life sees the risk of MLC Life's "stagnant" business performance continuing beyond 2021. The raise includes $530 million in ordinary equity, priced ...