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IOOF adviser departures see increased outflow

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By tzhang
July 29 2021
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IOOF adviser departures see increased outflow
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IOOF has reported outflows of over $2 billion from advisers who left the wealth giant’s self-employed businesses in the last quarter.

The wealth giant released its fourth-quarter update for the 2021 financial year that states an outflow of $2.2 billion from 33 advisers’ departures.

The figure comes off the back of a $1.8 billion net outflow for the period to 31 May 2021. 

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In a statement, the company said the exits were an “expected transition” as part of its transformation program, Advice 2.0.

“This was due to a variety of reasons, including practices which IOOF believe were not suited to the economic or governance requirements of a professional advice model,” the statement said.

“On 1 June 2021, 406 MLC advisers joined with IOOF advice licensees and, as at the end of June, IOOF maintained active advice services relationships with almost 2,000 financial advisers.”

Meanwhile, new self-employed advisers joining IOOF licensees resulted in inflows of $0.4 billion.

IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said ongoing positive organic flows into Portfolio & Estate Administration were experienced, achieving quarter-on-quarter positive flows for the last 34 quarters, as well as a positive turnaround in flows into Investment Management during the quarter. 

The recent acquisition of MLC which saw over 400 MLC advisers join the wealth giant’s new, expanded advice business was also a major factor in IOOF’s continued FUMA growth.

“The ‘new IOOF’ has over $200 billion of funds under administration across its platforms, in excess of $200 billion of investment funds across its multi-manager and direct investment portfolios, and relationships with more than 9,000 financial advisers, supporting more than 2 million Australians with their retirement and investment decisions,” Mr Mota said.

“This gives us a strong platform for future growth, including the enhanced ability to attract new FUMA through our extended scale and reach.”

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Tony Zhang

Tony Zhang

Tony Zhang is a journalist at Accountants Daily, which is the leading source of news, strategy and educational content for professionals working in the accounting sector.

Since joining the Momentum Media team in 2020, Tony has written for a range of its publications including Lawyers Weekly, Adviser Innovation, ifa and SMSF Adviser. He has been full-time on Accountants Daily since September 2021.