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Hastings names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
A former chief financial officer of Westpac's institutional bank will be the next chief executive of Hastings Funds Management. Hastings chairman Brian Scullin has confirmed that current chief executive Andrew Day will leave the business at the end ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

ASX healthcare firm denies disclosure breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, has complied with an ASIC infringement notice because it has "more important business priorities at this time." ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Life insurers need "common sense" when designing more affordable products that are sustainable for consumers and will create sustainable businesses for financial advisers, according to a new ANZ whitepaper. ANZ Wealth's Life insurance: The case for ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Some of Sydney's blue-chip suburbs are among the top postcodes missing out on $18 billion in unclaimed superannuation. Latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office show more than 6.3 million lost and ATO-held super accounts, with $14.12 billion ...

Lazy LIF planning means advice businesses at risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
With four months to go the majority of risk advisers are still not prepared for impending changes to remuneration to be brought by the Life Insurance Framework taking effect in January 2018. A study of 200 risk advisers commissioned by Zurich found ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The much-awaited US Federal Reserve's 19-20 September FOMC meeting produced little, if any, surprises. Interest rates were kept on hold this month but will be lifted by another 25 basis points to 1.5% ...

CBA mulls CFSGAM IPO, head of wealth departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Commonwealth Bank announced its asset management arm, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, is undergoing a strategic review and could potentially list as a public company. CFSGAM, with $219 billion in assets under management, has "achieved ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
The Commonwealth Bank has sold 100% of its Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses to AIA Group for $3.8 billion. The sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign also includes a 20-year bancassurance partnership with AIA for the provision of ...

Advice industry wasting potential on old models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Numerous financial advisers are resisting change and not doing enough to increase the value of their practice when the time calls for a successful exit and comfortable retirement. Tynan Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said ...