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Optimum Pensions appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... administration and management. Also joining the company is Jim Hennington who will take on the new role of head of innovation. Hennington is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. He will be responsible for product design and will also ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... broker believes fintechs partnering with robo-advisers, digital banks and online lenders is important for industry innovation but even more critical are relationships with established players. Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia Summit in April ...

GROW Super begins group insurance innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
GROW Super is partnering with one of the world's largest reinsurers to explore the potential for blockchain technology within group insurance. Entering a joint venture with Hannover Life Re Australasia, GROW will use R3's Corda blockchain infrastructure ...

Mercer appoints head of superannuation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... said. Late last year, Mercer appointed ANZ Wealth's former head of investment product and research, William Burkitt, as innovation leader, post-retirement. At the time, a Mercer spokesperson said: "In offering a different kind of solution, Burkitt will ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... Bank and Singapore's GIC. Hostplus' $27.5 million investment is part of a co-investment through the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund. "We are confident this investment will deliver strong risk-adjusted returns to our 1.1 million members," Hostplus chief ...

Aussies turn to online trading in droves

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... novice investors into educated clients who invest from a position of knowledge," Guiamatsia said. Recognition of broker innovation increased 20% over the six-month period and broker switching was also on the rise - about 29,000 clients changed to a new ...

FSC honours life insurance industry talent

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... dedication and achievements have seen them both make substantial contributions to TAL and to our industry." AMP Life won two innovation category awards: The Innovation in Direct Life Insurance Award for its MyLife product; and the Innovation In Retail ...

MyRetirement products too pricey for super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Superannuation Funds was an idea the industry is content to leave it up to the Government to eventually force funds into innovation around designing and offering retirement income solutions to members, but iPac Securities chief investment officer Jeff ...

SMEs shun banks, turn to fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... finance firms are increasingly providing the capital that these businesses need to invest and grow, through a focus on innovation and customer needs." Fintechs are offering seamless online loan applications and software that analyses business financial ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... Critical Illness Premier Plan. CommInsure also won three awards: Investment Bond of the Year; Annuity and Income Stream Innovation Product of the Year (CommInsure Retire Smarter); and the Income Protection Product of the Year (CommInsure Income Care ...