The $365 billion UK fund manager Royal London Asset Management is to launch two funds in Australia by the end of November as it seeks to build an international presence.

Adviser Ratings has revealed almost 400 advisers joined the FAR in the third quarter but, with just seven weeks to go until the education deadline, more than 1,000 could depart in the upcoming two quarters.

With ETF pricing becoming more competitive than ever, those active ETF vehicles priced higher than 120bps are the only segment of the popular product to see outflows.

Pengana has appointed a senior fund manager from Tyndall Asset Management to join its Australian equities team, who departs after 18 years.

Hudson Financial Planning has partnered with OpenInvest to launch an online investing solution designed to address Australia’s advice accessibility challenge.

Advisers are underestimating how much time they spend on non-advice work, creating inefficiencies within their practice which has a financial impact on their bottom line, according to Elemnta.

Income Asset Management has promoted former ASIC commissioner, Danielle Press, as chair of its board following the retirement of John Nantes.