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AMP reports boost in IFA flows, mulls advice unit options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... half of the 2024 financial year, the wealth firm recorded a 33% year on year jump in IFA flows into its flagship North platform. North's managed portfolios reached $13 billion in AUM at the end of 2023. The platforms business made $90 million in ...

Macquarie profits tumble; long-serving executive exits

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... reported a 3% increase in total deposits to $135.6 billion. The home loan portfolio rose 3% to $117.9 billion, and funds on platform grew 6% to $132.8 billion. The business banking loan portfolio grew 6% to $15.5 billion, while the car loans portfolio ...

BlackRock appoints new head of APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... their needs, along with the ability to connect them to new and differentiated investment opportunities across our entire platform." BlackRock has also named head of Australasia Andrew Landman and head of APAC institutional and head of North Asia (Japan ...

IFM Investors appoints global head of strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... chief operating officer at Willis Towers Watson (WTW). In that position, she was responsible for the global operating platform of the investments business, supporting over $US3 trillion assets under advice and US$175 billion assets under management. ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... industry is moving towards private wealth; the products are evolving, and the access is getting easier," he said. Even platform Netwealth is promising "institutional-quality private market investment opportunities". In October, it partnered with iCapital ...

Lombard Odier breaks into Australia, issues private credit mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... solutions. The trust will act as a feeder into the existing Sustainable Private Credit strategy's Luxembourg-based master platform. Lombard Odier global head of strategic alliances Vincent Magnenat was pleased to announce the Australian launch of ...

AMP North incorporates DNR Capital, Morningstar managed portfolios

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... addition of seven new ESG and multi-asset actively managed portfolios from DNR Capital and Morningstar. The investment platform has added DNR Capital's Australian Equities Socially Responsible portfolio, offering investors targeted exposure to "high ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... become acting head of American real assets while the fund determines the property component of the real assets strategy in North America. Additionally, AustralianSuper will now look to recruit a head of real assets for Australia. Meantime, Monica Ryu ...

Advisers seek safe haven in fixed interest: AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... more than doubled their allocation to cash and fixed interest products to hit $1.93 billion, according to AMP's North platform, which mandated NAB as its new term deposit provider in response to soaring demand. Across aligned and independent financial ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... 12% failed - but they represent 27% of the total funds under management in trustee-directed products both on and off-platform. Of the 96 trustee-directed products to fail, 20 are non-platform products (4%) and 76 are platform products (25%). Further ...