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IOOF launches budgeting app

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
The app, called fincentral, will be made available to clients through its advisor network and will allow users to track multiple bank, mortgage, investment and superannuation accounts. The company said the online goal-based budgeting app aims to give ...

Mental health tops TPD claims

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
The underlying causes of total and permanent disability claims have been revealed in new research, and mental health tops the list. Life insurers pay out more on TPD claims caused by mental health conditions than any other kind of condition, according ...

Envestnet founder tragically killed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
Founder and chief executive of Envestnet Jud Bergman has been tragically killed in a car accident alongside his wife, Hanover Hill Wealth Advisors founder Mary Miller. A former managing director of mutual funds at Nuveen Investments, Bergman founded ...

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 ...

Fidante signs US alternatives manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
An American fund manager has teamed up with Challenger's Fidante Partners to market its funds down under, as it sees Australian demand for alternative strategies rise. Los Angeles's Ares Management Corporation manages over US $142 billion across three ...

Ralston dumps director roles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
After a rancorous response to her appointment on the retirement income review panel, Deborah Ralston has formally stepped down from the SMSF Association (SMSFA) and Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System. Previously the chair of the SMSFA and Alliance ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
"Bad news is good news." That phrase, born of the Great Recession of 2008, has become a staple and go to rationale each time equity markets jump on bad news. Bad news! Wall Street dropped - Dow down by 1.9%, S&P 500 down by 1.8%, Nasdaq down by 1.6% ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...

Legg Mason expands Asia Pacific role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
Andy Sowerby will now serve as head of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) while he continues to lead Legg Mason Australia and New Zealand, with his appointment taking effect on the first of this month. Sowerby has held the role of country head for Australia and ...

Major funds expand with Singapore investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
Whitehelm Capital has completed the acquisition of the Institute of Technical Education College West PPP Project in Singapore on behalf of MTAA Super and Prime Super. The education center was previously owned by Gammon Investments and Jardine Matherson ...