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ANZ sells NZ life insurance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... "Zurich's experience in working with banks around the world to provide insurance solutions, combined with its commitment to innovation and strong presence in Australia is a good outcome for our customers, shareholders and distribution partners."

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... 'best-in-show' funds would dramatically change the retirement funding landscape, and raises questions with respect to innovation, competitive intensity and diversity." The PC noted the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) segment has broadly ...

Capgemini appoints new Australian head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... expertise... Olaf's extensive experience in business, technology consulting and digital transformation will strengthen our innovation agenda to address the business ambitions of our clients, aligning our service portfolio with customer demand for both ...

Industry fund increases life insurance engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... underwriting platform, promising to provide instant quotes for life cover. "Underwriting has been an area has been craving innovation for quite some time. The traditional approach has been complex, lengthy and invasive for both customers and advisers. ...

Artificial intelligence to become commonplace at instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... conducted at Northern Trust client events in the first quarter of 2018. Northern Trust head of market advocacy and innovation research, Asia Pacific, Danielle Henderson said as the financial services industry adopts AI, "we expect to see a continuing ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Aandahl thinks Asia and China in particular are at the epicentre of global innovation and critical to driving economic growth across the world. "With that comes a responsibility for management teams, shareholders ...

Commonwealth Bank CFO resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... operations. "Rob has a proven track record of success in global financial services, where he has been involved in industry innovation and facilitated regulatory advancement enabling the adoption of new technologies," Block.one chief executive Brendan ...

Mercer wins super admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... Mercer Australia managing director and chief executive Ben Walsh said Mercer's investment in people capability, process innovation and technology solutions would allow it to give CareSuper a different kind of partnership. "We are thrilled to have been ...

MAX Awards: Voting opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... awards up for grabs include Advertising Campaign of the Year - Consumer; Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year; and Innovation of the Year. There are also the highly-prized individual awards including Sales Executive of the Year and Marketer of the ...

Morrison sharpens blockchain, AI agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... competition and create new jobs. Treasurer Scott Morrison said the funding boost will build on its Financial Technology Innovation initiatives first introduced in last year's Budget. In his Budget speech, Morrison said the Government is "moving forward ...