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Sequoia buys general insurance book

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
The ASX-listed wealth group is expanding its offering, obtaining a new general insurance AFSL and acquiring the customer book of a brokerage firm. Sequoia Financial Group has acquired the customer book of Tag Insurance Brokers, its associated business ...

Link allows BCM due diligence

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
The Link Group board agreed to provide a syndicate led by Pepper European Servicing with exclusive due diligence information following the takeover offer for Link's Banking and Credit Management (BCM) business. The PES syndicate has been given exclusive ...

AMP in enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
AMP has entered a court enforceable undertaking with APRA over historical matters related to its superannuation business. The CEU follows more than two years of investigation by APRA and relates to trustees AMP Superannuation Limited and N.M. Superannuation ...

BT confirms changes to super business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Financial Standard understands BT is preparing to announce the sale of its superannuation business, with the group confirming changes are underway. Financial Standard understands several roles were made redundant yesterday, with more expected throughout ...

Vanguard launches automated investing solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Vanguard's Personal Investor platform has launched a feature that automatically invests clients' money into managed funds. Auto Invest regularly debits accounts starting from $200 either fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly, and invests the funds ...

Trustees Executors awards technology mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
New Zealand's oldest trustee company has chosen a technology partner for its new wealth management joint venture. Trustee Executors selected SS&C Aloha for the joint venture, called Flint Wealth, which is a wrap account wealth management solution. SS&C ...

Raiz Invest hits $1bn in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Raiz Invest has surpassed $1 billion in funds under management in Australia. The company put the growth down to customer engagement and reported that average balances on its platform have grown to nearly $3000 per customer. Raiz reported having more ...

MLC Life expands retail distribution leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
Two senior appointments have been made to the life insurer's retail distribution team as part of its increased focus on supporting financial advisers. MLC Life has appointed a head of retail distribution governance and key accounts as well as a senior ...

NAB posts bumper profit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
National Australia Bank recorded a 76.85% increase in cash earnings to $6.56 billion in its full-year results and outlined a new oil and gas policy. The big four bank also report a statutory net profit of $6.36 billion, up from $2.50 billion in 2020. ...

ASX moves to paperless CHESS statements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The ASX will ditch paper-based CHESS statements and move to electronic means by mid-December. Investors will soon be provided with a portal that records share ownership and confirmation of changes to CHESS holding details, including an archive of statements ...