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Managed funds recover FUM losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... funds have recovered almost half of the pandemic-induced losses incurred during the March quarter, new research from Plan For Life shows. Both wholesale and retail managed funds ended the 2019/20 financial year down 4.6% to $1.139 billion and $906 billion ...

Almost $1bn wiped off risk market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... breaking what was a decades long history of increases, year on year they were down by 4.5%. According to data from Plan For Life Actuaries, risk insurance inflows fell from $16.5 billion to $15.7 billion. However, some insurers did manage to buck the ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... financial advisers and super and pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ended 2019 down significantly. The entire life insurance ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... AIA, CommInsure, AMP, BT, Zurich and MLC all registering lower risk premium inflows across 2019, according to new Plan for Life data. The actuary and research firm released the latest data on life insurance risk premium inflows and sales for the year ...

Masterfunds up $26 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
The final quarter of 2019 saw Australian funds under management on platforms jump by $26 billion. According to Plan For Life Actuaries, masterfunds ended the year to 30 September 2019 up 3% - amounting to $26 billion. Total FUM for masterfunds now stands ...

$3.3 billion fall in retail managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... billion out of retail funds to First State Super has had a significant impact on the retail market, according to Plan For Life Actuaries. Plan For Life revealed overall retail managed funds at the end of the September 2019 quarter totalled $976.1 billion ...

Netwealth welcomes new distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... of distribution at Ralton Asset Management between 2007 and 2011. Earlier this month, Netwealth was recognised by Plan for Life Actuaries and Researchers as growing faster than some of its more established competitors. In percentage terms, Netwealth ...

Netwealth top for FUM growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
New research from Plan For Life Actuaries & Researchers has revealed Netwealth is growing much faster than some of its more established competitors. The research found a total $37.7 billion rise in funds under management over the year to June 2019 for ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... provides research on the managed funds, retirement and life insurance market, founded by Simon Solomon in 1988 as Plan For Life. The group grew from an actuarial consultancy to a research house and in 2010 was acquired by Asset International. In September ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... years to 30 June 2016, research reveals. The Health and Wellness Report, published by Strategic Insight (formerly Plan for Life), highlights that while individual risk sales have barely grown, and in-force business has only grown at a sluggish rate ...