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Allianz Retire+ strengthens distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... was previously a business development manager at Challenger and joins with over 13 years of experience. Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive Adrian Stewart said: "Both Stephen and Natalie bring valuable experience within the wealth space ...

'Kick down the road' mentality fuels retirement insecurity: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... advice is now," regardless of the nearness to retirement. "Seeking professional financial advice should be viewed as good life hygiene like scheduling a dental check-up with a qualified dentist," he said. "With the cost of living continuing to increase ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... Australia and abroad, and author of several books. In 1997, Harrison was tasked with reinventing Zurich's Australian life insurance business; it is now the third-largest life insurer in Australia, according to Plan for Life data. Most recently, Harrison ...

Lumiant, Invest Blue build digital advice platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... According to Lumiant founder and chief executive Santi Burridge, the platform's client-centric design helps advisers bring to life a client's financial position, goals, and values. "Our advice delivery modules support advisers in visualising ...

Qualitas signs $1bn credit mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... and there is no certainty it will be deployed, Qualitas noted. The ASX-listed manager will co-invest $30 million over the life of the mandate. "As the alternative lending market continues to grow so does the breadth of product available from alternative ...

Industry funds gain ground in retirement asset battle: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... now a critical mass of retirees with a common unmet need - dealing with longevity risk and achieving a certain income for life. APRA requires that by the end of June trustees will have undertaken an assessment of their products and strategies." "Members ...

Issuers must lift DDO game: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... determinations (TMD) to address the deficiencies and five issuers withdrawing seven products. The regulator undertook its initial, risk-based review of how investment product issuers met DDO obligations and found that a "significant number" made deficient ...

MLC Life appoints chief investment officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive who will take on the dual roles of chief investment officer and deputy chief financial officer. Hiroyuki Endo, who was most recently the general manager of the separate account investment department for ...

Lumiant acquires longevity app

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... personalised financial plans by acknowledging that "people aren't averages". Instead, HALO covers statistically important risk factors that affect longevity, healthspan, and years of disability or care, thus enabling advisers to be more accurate ...

Biggest super funds face human rights complaints

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... Narrabri gas project, enabled by investments from Australia's super funds, they will pollute our sacred water that sustains all life," Wright said.