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HUB24 posts record inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
HUB24 picked up $1.7 billion net inflows, 24 new licensee agreements and 113 advisers in the December quarter. The $1.7 billion in net inflows is 26% higher than the September quarter and 37% higher than the December 2019 quarter. Meanwhile, strong ...

Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
David Orford's Optimum Pensions has signed a five-year exclusive agreement with Generation Life to bring its retirement income product to the market. Generation Life will manufacture, administer, market and distribute an investment-linked pension ...

AIA progresses with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
The life insurer is a step closer to finalising the acquisition of CommInsure Life, having now contacted policyholders. AIA Australia and CommInsure Life has sent a letter to CommInsure policyholders to inform them of the intended transfer by way of ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
Japan may need to spend more to mitigate the expected slowing in consumption and business activity following the declaration of the second state of emergency. The worst of the pandemic appeared to have passed when Yoshihide Suga took over from Shinzo ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MySuper products are achieving near growth-like returns yet incurring investment risk closer to that of balanced products on average, new research shows. Rainmaker's latest RMetrics report found the 55 MySuper funds analysed delivered three-year ...

Quoted funds going strong at Mainstream

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
Mainstream said half of the 150,000 plus investors it services are now invested in a quoted fund, as it reports December quarter assets. Mainstream added $14 billion in funds under advice, four clients and 53 funds in the quarter ending December 2020. ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MTAA Super and Tasplan will take on a new name on April 1, as their $23 billion merger completes. The combined fund will be called Spirit Super and have 326,000 members and lower administration fees. MTAA Super chief executive Leanne Turner, who will ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The longer the Eurozone takes to get on top of the resurgence, the longer the lockdowns, the greater the risk of a double-dip recession. COVID-19 infections in Europe started re-appearing and multiplying sometime around October last year. The growth ...

Platforms start to shake ERS impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Platform inflows are returning to normal as the impact of government's early release of superannuation starts to wear off, according to Credit Suisse. In the September quarter, platforms reported $1.9 billion in outflows. However, if you exclude $3.9 ...

Pendal reports $1.6bn in net outflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Investors pulled $1.6 billion net from Pendal Group's strategies in the December quarter, but total funds under management grew 5.4% to hit $97.4 billion as performance picked up. The net outflows of $1.6 billion were mostly from the JO Hambro Capital ...