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Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... the chart, housing 10,072 advisers with an 11% market share. AMP Flexible Lifetime (6876), Perpetual WealthFocus (5992), Asgard (5477) and BT Wrap (5208) make up the top five most-used platforms. Outside of the major platforms, Netwealth owns the biggest ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... be noted that individual company growth can be significantly impacted by super fund insurance mandate movements, with BT/Asgard Super moving from Westpac to AIA, Qantas Super from MLC to MetLife, Telstra Super from TAL to MLC, EnergySuper from MLC to ...

NAB hires new executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... helped lead the technology strategy and IT program execution for BTFG's platforms and operations businesses, BT Wrap and Asgard. She also helped direct the IT program delivery for BTFG's Panorama. NAB group executive for technology and enterprise ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... 2020, perennial MySuper underperformers with red ratings over a six-year investment period are: BT Funds Management's Asgard Employee, BT Super and Westpac Group Plan (lifecycle) Colonial First State Investments' FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ...

The platforms with the most advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... list is Perpetual's WealthFocus with 5853 adviser users and 6.5% market share. It is used by 777 AFSLs. Next up was Asgard with 5401 advisers, 6% market share and 739 licensees. The results are based on AFSL-level data collected by Rainmaker. It ...

Powerwrap exec jumps to Insync

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... business development at FuturePlus Financial Services. He has also held senior roles at KPMG, Decimal, Australia Skandia and Asgard Wealth Solutions. Insync executive and investment specialist Grant Pearson told Financial Standard the firm was pleased ...

Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
After underperforming its peers and receiving a red rating from the regulator, an $11 billion superannuation fund is turning its performance around. Mine Super initiated several strategic investment changes to its MySuper products, which are now delivering ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
ASIC has commenced Federal Court proceedings against BT Funds Management and Asgard over fee-for-no-service conduct and making misleading representations in relation to the fees. It has also launched a similar case against StatePlus. ASIC alleges that ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... employees who have been employed for less than two years. Super Consumers Australia also found two policies from IOOF and Asgard that excluded all unskilled workers from claiming under the standard TPD definitions. In October 2019, ASIC put out research ...

Asgard, Future Super shamed on ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... out that some retail funds have performed quite badly in terms of APRA's five day timeline. Leigh specifically named Asgard and Future Super as having failed to pay out over half of early release requests within the five day timeline. About 46.2% ...