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AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... seasonal or intermittent employees working for less than six months eroding from insurance premiums. In a separate initiative, AustralianSuper announced it has signed up to the Insurance in Superannuation Code of Practice and is implementing the code ...

Fortnum recruits former Centric Wealth chief

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Fortnum Private Wealth is welcoming a former chief executive of Centric Wealth to its ranks. Glen Castensen joins in an executive position reporting directly to Fortnum managing director Neil Younger. He was most recently a financial services consultant ...

Fintechs save time: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... immediate benefit. In its submission to Treasury's review of open banking in Australia, Fintech Australia described the initiative as vital but notes several shortcomings to customer data collection and reuse. It said reports from its 170 members indicated ...

Super property trust appoints GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Industry Superannuation Property Trust is welcoming a general manager of new business this week. Joining the $15 billion property investment trust is Karsten Simpson. Most recently he was general manager - structuring capital transactions, and the ...

Open banking regime to boost advice

DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... immediate benefit. In its submission to Treasury's review of open banking in Australia, Fintech Australia described the initiative as vital but notes several shortcomings to customer data collection and reuse. It said reports from its 170 members indicated ...

CBA chair says culture needs improvement

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
In responding to APRA's ongoing prudential inquiry into the bank, Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone acknowledged "there are aspects of our culture where we could improve." APRA issued an update on its progress with the inquiry, saying that ...

Sydney advice firm launches insurance joint venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... clients," Kennedy said. HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot, who was one of the drivers of the initiative, said the firm had identified insurance as a key area for clients. "The low level of understanding of the personal insurance ...

VanEck rejigs Australian leadership for APAC expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... Australian arm announced a raft of expanded roles, including the promotion of its managing director. As part of an initiative to strengthen the delivery of VanEck's solutions in Asia, several Australian team members will take on leadership roles for ...

Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... taking our cross-border collaboration to the next level and building the future of insurance together." The first GITA initiative will be launching a roadshow in March in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Germany to help insurtech startups liaise with ...

KPMG names insurance and wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
KPMG Australia appointed a former AXA executive to lead its specialist insurance and wealth management division. Sydney-based Tim Thomas is the lead partner of the insurance and wealth strategy advisory practice, which sits within KPMG's global strategy ...