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Capital Group hires from Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Capital Group has appointed David Cheng as fixed income investment director to strengthen its capabilities in the APAC region. Cheng's responsibilities include representing Capital Group's fixed income team, deepening client engagement on bonds and ...

BT unveils new brand campaign

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Matt Rady said. "We have a long and proud history supporting advisers and it's time to increase our voice in the market, engage new audiences and move confidently into the future. "This campaign mirrors BT's broader strategy which sees us taking the ...

Clients want more communication from advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... they're generally different needs to what they originally had when they came to their adviser," he said. Most clients engage with an adviser for either life insurance cover or accumulation products to save for retirement. While a 70- to 75-year-old ...

Integrity Life grows distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Integrity Life has boosted its distribution team by five, moving to a new hybrid retail distribution model. The hires include a head of retail partnerships, joining from MLC Life. The company has introduced a two-tiered partner engagement model - the ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
PwC Australia today announced the appointment of Yoshiro Makita as insurance leader for Australia within the firm's Financial Services business. Makita joined the Australian firm, transferring from PwC Japan where he led that its insurance consulting ...

Challenger delivers strong result

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Challenger delivered an upbeat half-year result, with assets under management and earnings growth. The company reported group assets under management of $115 billion, up 20%. Life sales were up 44% to $4.9 billion and life book growth was up 8.4% or ...

Bell Financial Group in AUSTRAC probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Three of Bell Financial Group's subsidiaries are under scrutiny by AUSTRAC, with an audit ordered to assess compliance with financial crime laws. AUSTRAC has ordered that an external auditor be appointed to Bell Potter Securities, Bell Potter Capital ...

The Advisers Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... consumers can have access to quality, affordable advice, without reducing necessary consumer protections. "We will also engage with the government's Quality of Advice Review this year to remove unnecessary red-tape for advisers, enabling them to ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... wrinkles and gaps in the regulatory scheme, but I do think that the trustees have endeavoured to take the right advice and to engage the regulator in ways to be clear what the regulator expects." Hostplus recently introduced a new fee to cover its rainy ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... culture at the Rio mines protected workers from sexual harassment. MEU president Tony Maher said Rio Tinto still refuses to engage or consult directly with its workers and representatives to discuss collaborative solutions to the issue of harassment. ...