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Advisers favour third-party support in product selection

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... relationships with a broader range of consultants and influencers, whose recommendations can significantly shape product uptake. "The structural appeal of ETFs is accelerating adviser adoption, not just for index exposure but increasingly for active ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... auctions for 30-year bonds in the UK and in Japan, several of which had to be curtailed. "That means there has been a weak uptake in the primary market, and you are also seeing curves steepen," says Murfin. "It's been a very popular trade for active ...

HUB24, Netwealth projected to overtake Insignia: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... that both platforms have gained market share, driven primarily by consistent net flows, adviser additions, and product uptake. "Barring a tail event, HUB24 and Netwealth will likely capture most of the industry's net flows and continue growing administered ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... executive and managing director Fiona Macgregor believes life insurance cover should be tailored and simplified to improve uptake. "At the core of our Cover Genius partnership is ensuring more Australians who want and need insurance can get it," Macgregor ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report. The report, while showing that adviser influence is growing in new SMSF set-ups ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... $120 million from the National Productivity Fund to incentivise states and territories to remove red tape that blocks "the uptake of modern methods of construction" to build homes faster. "The government is continuing to work with states and territories ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... greater support to Australian retirees - promoting competition and innovation in the lifetime income market, increasing uptake of annuities and driving investment in Australia's long-term asset," he said. "This is also an important opportunity for ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... performance, and we're launching new offers including digital advice," George said. She said there's been strong adviser uptake of retirement products and managed portfolios on the North platform, which is driving inflows, adding that, in the ...

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... pipelines, providing greater certainty in the planning system, supporting community housing providers and supporting the uptake of modular housing. IFM head of global external relations David Whiteley said the opportunity for super funds and their members ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Betashares has pulled the plug on a range of funds because of low investor uptake. The ETF provider announced last week that it will be axing its Online Retail and E-Commerce ETF (IBUY), Digital Health and Telemedicine ETF (EDOC), Future of Payments ...