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Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Challenger has reported a normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $225 million, up 12%, driven by higher earnings across its retirement income brand, Life, and its funds management division, according to its first-half 2025 results announcement. The ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
AMP chief executive Alexis George has told Financial Standard that the company's 2024 financial year results were strong, despite its share price being caned since the announcement. George said that wealth business flows, excluding its bank, have ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... of advice practices struggle with each year is the ongoing fee consent," Peker told Financial Standard. If the average adviser has 110 clients, for example, nearly 600 fee consents must be processed. "That takes a lot of time. HUB24 is an example of ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Fiducian Group reported an 11% increase in funds under management, administration, and advice (FUMAA) to $14.4 billion thanks to improved inflows and the steady rise of the financial markets. The funds management business saw assets grow by 16% in the ...

Iress creates dedicated customer role

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Iress has created a new position to strengthen its advice technology offerings, hiring the head of Count Financial. Adam Webb has been appointed to the newly created role of executive general manager, customer, effective March. In his new role, Webb ...

Capital Group promotes for key distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Zealand. Before joining Capital Group, Brown spent nine years at Perpetual, four of which he served as general manager of adviser distribution. He also worked in business development at Macquarie. In the new role, he will develop the firm's distribution ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... licence with RFS Advice, Evalesco, and Guide Financial to reduce costs. However, Centaur chief executive and FS Power50 adviser Hugh Robertson told Financial Standard the firm ultimately wanted to control its own destiny, be ambitious, and go for growth. ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... performance, and we're launching new offers including digital advice," George said. She said there's been strong adviser uptake of retirement products and managed portfolios on the North platform, which is driving inflows, adding that, in the ...

Shift needed in retirement income advice: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... paramount," Stewart said. "In the same way that investments and insurance philosophies are foundational resources for adviser and advice practices, driving more efficiency and consistency and quality outcomes for client, the time is now right for the ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional adviser ...