The growing Active ETF graveyard

The growing Active ETF graveyard

In a retail market starved of growth opportunities, the prospect of new capital pools offered by active ETFs continues to entice asset managers in Australia. To date, despite a flurry of new entrants, few active managers have achieved genuine traction however....
Retail asset management: winners & losers

Retail asset management: winners & losers

Large active managers have struggled to maintain pace with passive and niche-active providers in recent years. With a particularly difficult year drawing to an end, what will drive the competitive outlook over the next five years? This has been a particularly trying...
Advice: A multi-billion dollar opportunity

Advice: A multi-billion dollar opportunity

Australia’s latent demand for financial advice is worth over A$2.2bn annually. Meeting this demand would have a profound impact on the lives of millions of Australians but requires bold policy resets. A growing advice gap Australia’s advice gap has expanded in recent...
Industry Funds gain further traction in HNW

Industry Funds gain further traction in HNW

Industry funds’ dominance of Australia’s retirement system is widely acknowledged, though their infiltration of the HNW segment has stayed largely under the radar. This poses new challenges for retail competitors. Differentiated and (once) symbiotic From its...
Active’s silver lining

Active’s silver lining

On an outlook of healthy contestable flows, plenty of opportunity exists for well-positioned retail equity managers in Australia, despite industry headwinds and global sentiment. Cause for concern Compulsory superannuation and a strong economic backdrop have long made...
Advice: Back to a better future

Advice: Back to a better future

The recommendations of the Quality of Advice Review would force large institutions back to the table on advice, re-define digital advice models and have significant flow-on implications for customer-facing channels. A proposal for much-needed change Treasury recently...