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Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Employers should do more to help employees ease financial worries by providing work-funded financial advice, a new study from MetLife shows. About 68% of employers said helping staff make better financial decisions is important - but only one third ...

NAB admits data bungle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
In a demonstration of the significant impact human errors can have on data security, NAB admitted to incorrectly forwarding the personal details of 60,000 customers to the owner of various adult websites. First revealed by the bank last month, customers ...

NZ Super Fund settles stake in Kiwibank

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
The NZ Super Fund and ACC have announced the settlement of an investment in Kiwi Group Holdings, the owner of the Kiwibank. NZ Super Fund has acquired a 25% stake from NZ Post for $263 million, while ACC has invested $231 million for a 22% stake. The ...

NobleOak Life offerings recognised for excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
The 2016 Direct Life Insurance Excellence Awards have been presented in Sydney by Strategic Insight, the research house formerly known as Plan for Life. NobleOak Life took home the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, also receiving the TPD ...

Former AustralianSuper chair joins ME board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Industry fund-owned bank ME has appointed a former AustralianSuper chair as a non-executive director. Elana Rubin joined the ME board on 4 October. She has more than 20 years' experience as a non-executive director on private, government and not-for-profit ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has released an update on the ongoing independent review into its life insurance division CommInsure, following further accusations of misconduct. The review findings show the bank has retrieved and revised over five million documents ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

OneVue makes senior fund services hire from Vanguard

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
OneVue has appointed a new head of fund services operations. Chris Aylen will join OneVue at its Melbourne office from Vanguard, where he was head of fund accounting and administration. He has held other roles at Vanguard, including senior manager - ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has appointed an investment compliance and risk manager from AIA Australia. Adam Swanwick held the role of compliance manager at AIA from March 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior compliance manager at Financial ...

VFMC appoints two new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
An ASIC chair and a former NAB executive general manager have joined the Victorian Funds Management Corporation board, strengthening its expertise in corporate and social responsibility. VFMC, which manages more than $50 billion for Victorian public ...