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Challenger delivers strong result

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Challenger delivered an upbeat half-year result, with assets under management and earnings growth. The company reported group assets under management of $115 billion, up 20%. Life sales were up 44% to $4.9 billion and life book growth was up 8.4% or ...

Australian Unity Trustees adds lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... national network of personal injury and succession lawyers. Her role will be focussed on creating mutually beneficial channel partnerships and raising awareness for Australian Unity Trustees' services in the sector. Ehsani has previously served in legal ...

AMP reports $252m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... platform business with North AUM growing from stronger market performance and higher inflows from the external adviser channel. "[This] is a key focus of our strategy and is being supported by ongoing enhancements to investment choice and functionality ...

Alternatives platform hires from GAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... succeeds Chris Brookman, who recently joined Pinnacle Investment Management as its director of distribution for the retail channel. Crewe joined Altive as a partner this month and most recently led the fundraising efforts for GAM's private wealth ...

Australian Ethical launches first ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... of domestic equities Mike Murray said: "The High Conviction Fund ETF is our first product in an increasingly important channel, to give all Australians investors access to our award-winning ethical investment and high-performance strategies. With rising ...

L1 Capital ends Channel Capital deal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
L1 Capital has ended its partnership with Channel Capital, bringing its distribution and client service in-house. The partnership has been in place for nearly five years, with L1 outsourcing its distribution to Channel. Over the last 18 months, L1 has ...

Insignia loses self-employed advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... recently shed the name IOOF, lost 118 advisers during the period. Most advisers (94) who left were from the self-employed channel. The group ended the year with 1765 financial advisers on its books; of which 480 were classified as self-employed. The ...

ETFs had best year in 2021: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... throughout the pandemic. "We believe this is because Australians seek ways to build sustainable income or new avenues to channel discretionary pay," Tieu explained. "While demand for ETFs from advisers and institutional investors remains strong, it's ...

Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Actively managed global equities exchange-traded products have grown significantly off the back of ETPs converting from unlisted unit trusts. In September 2020, total assets of actively managed international equities ETPs were $3.7 billion, representing ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
New research from Griffith University and Iress has revealed the 'double-edged sword' of the ease with which consumers can switch their superannuation. The research analysed over 42,000 superannuation switching decisions from 1 January 2019 to 31 March ...