How will advice divestment affect AMP North?

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With the exit of over 1,000 advisers from AMP, questions have been asked as to how this will affect assets on the North platform.

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Iress welcomes Insignia GM as super CEO

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Iress has appointed Insignia Financial’s former general manager of master trust and insurance products as its newest CEO of superannuation, who will take over from Paul Giles.

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Advisers neglecting active ETFs as launches fail to see momentum

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While ETFs are growing in popularity with advisers, there is a growing divide in demand between those which are index and active, and advisers are “unconvinced” by the active offerings.

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Federated Hermes makes Aussie distribution hire

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Federated Hermes has expanded its Australian and APAC distribution team with a newly created role.

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New advice entrants surpass 100 in FYTD

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More than 100 new entrants have joined the financial advice profession so far in FY25, according to Wealth Data analysis, while AMP’s exit from advice will create a licensee shake-up.

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Monthly outflows persist at Platinum

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Platinum Asset Management has shared its latest monthly update amid its turnaround strategy, with outflows continuing to impact its FUM.

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The Principals’ Community joins forces with SuperConcepts

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The Principals’ Community has enhanced its value proposition by partnering with SuperConcepts, enabling its self-licensed advice practices to utilise the SMSF software.

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Expand platform doubles SMAs

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Wrap platform Expand has announced it has doubled the number of separately managed accounts available for advisers, with five new investment managers added.

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AMP’s George details historic decision to exit advice

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AMP chief executive Alexis George has detailed to Money Management how its exit from advice will change the industry, allow greater scale for advisers and a new role for advice executive Matt Lawler.

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Relative Return: Debunking index investing

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In this episode of Relative Return, host Laura Dew speaks with Michael Hunstad, deputy chief investment officer and chief investment officer of global equities at Northern Trust Asset Management, to debunk myths around index investing.

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