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ClearView strengthens leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
ClearView has bolstered its leadership team with three appointments across operations, product and pricing, and technology. Joanne Faglioni, who originally joined ClearView in late 2021 as chief claims officer, has been promoted to group executive of ...

HNW wealth transfer still on the to-do list

CHLOE WALKER  |  SATURDAY, 15 JUL 2023
Developing a wealth transfer plan remains on the to-do list for Australia's wealthiest, according to LGT Crestone's latest State of Wealth report. The report, now in its fourth year, uncovered nearly two thirds of Australian high-net-worth (HNW) ...

FY23 farewells 700 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
Financial advice firms AMP Financial Planning, Synchron, and Charter farewelled the largest number of advisers, dragging down the total population to 15,708 from 16,415 at the end of the 2023 financial year. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser ...

Australian ETF industry crosses $150bn milestone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
The ETF industry in Australia has surpassed $150 billion in funds under management, bolstered by net inflows of $4.8 billion since the start of 2023. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur highlighted that ETF adoption among Australian investors is ...

Platforms FUM falls $20bn: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
In the year to March end, total funds under management (FUM) held by platforms, wraps and master trusts dropped by $19.5 billion, according to Plan For Life. Specifically, platforms saw a 1.9% decline from over $1 trillion to $982.5 billion, and year ...

Advice firm revenues jump 45%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
Despite employing fewer staff and a reduction in client numbers, financial advice firms saw revenues shoot up by nearly 50% from two years ago. A survey of 122 advice practices conducted by Business Health and Iress found average revenue jumped from ...

Ag sector boosts Australia's productivity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
A new report from the Productivity Commission finds that the agriculture sector is turbocharging the Australian economy well ahead of other industries, thanks to the favourable weather conditions of recent years. The newly released Productivity Commission ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund which covers workers from engineering, manufacturing, healthcare and teaching, has appointed Julian Widdup to the board as a new member director. Widdup replaces Jan Dekker, who joined the board in 2016. For over ...

16% of asset managers to exit by 2027: PwC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
The asset and wealth management industry is set to undergo seismic change in the coming years, according to a new report by PwC. The report, which surveyed 500 asset managers and institutional investors, forecast that 16% of asset and wealth management ...

RBA deputy governor joins Westpac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
Luci Ellis will join Westpac as its new chief economist after almost 15 years with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), succeeding the long-serving Bill Evans. Ellis will join the bank in October while Evans will stay with the group and transition into ...