Wealth platforms near $1trn as markets lift all boats

Newly released figures from research house Plan for Life suggest Australia’s wealth management platforms collectively administered $990 billion in investor assets at September 30 last year.

Source: Australian Financial Review
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/wealth-platforms-near-1trn-as-markets-lift-all-boats-20220113-p59nyh

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Risk Inflows Up, But Sales Down

Quarterly data released by Strategic Insight has revealed a sluggish retail life insurance market for the 12 months to September 2018. While overall risk premium inflows (which include both new and inforce business) increased by a small margin (1.7%) during the year to September 2018, annual risk market sales fell by just over two percent.

Source: Risk Info
http://riskinfo.com.au/news/2019/01/21/risk-inflows-up-but-sales-down-2/

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Fund flows reflect royal commission backlash

As the financial services and wealth management industry picks through anecdotal examples of damage in the wake of the Hayne royal commission findings, the latest platform flow data shows the most tangible evidence yet of a backlash.

Source: Investment Magazine
https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2019/01/fund-flows-reflect-royal-commission-backlash/

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