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New Islamic advice group launches, hires from MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... Ethical Income Fund. Together they have about $170 million in assets. "Hejaz is taking steps to make wealth creation more customer-centric. The market potential here is enormous - Muslim Australians are diligent savers and, given the choice, will always ...

Australian Unity Bank hires sporting legend

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... of the Year. Australian Unity chief executive for retail Christine Yates said that Perkins' combination of leadership, customer management, customer experience and operational delivery would support the bank as it worked to deliver its 'Banking that's ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
ASIC has confirmed it will not be recommending changing the label of 'general advice', after independent research commissioned by the regulator found such a move is unlikely to prevent consumer confusion. Both the Financial System Inquiry's ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... life at TAL where she oversaw the commercial performance of the retail and direct businesses. Her career to date spans customer retention, claims and underwriting insights, pricing, analytics and portfolio management, working at firms that include Commonwealth ...

New partnership for BC Investment Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... with them strong financial services capabilities, including through their existing lending operations, as well as key customer acquisition channels," Novatti managing director Peter Cook said. "In particular, these capabilities will be invaluable in ...

Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... back. As such, the Growth fund investors will earn all the capital gains proportionately alongside the actual end user customer - as such they will gain all the capital gains / losses," he said. The funds will be open to advised clients, SMSF investors ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Westpac has signalled its recovery from the pandemic with cash earnings increasing by 256% to $3.5 billion over the last 12 months, as it looks to reduce costs by 2024 and farewells a key executive. In its half-year results, Westpac recorded a 189% ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The former chief executive of TAL has slammed life insurers' ineptitude in managing disability income products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday ...

Midwinter integrates with myprosperity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Midwinter Financial Services has integrated with client portal solution provider myprosperity. Financial advisers using Midwinter's financial planning solution AdviceOS can now log into myprosperity and extract data such as personal details, entities ...

OpenMarkets hires, acquires, preps for IPO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
OpenMarkets has made a series of senior appointments as it prepares for an initial public offering. Naseema Sparks has been appointed chair, Andrew Rutherford and Paul Rayson are new non-executive directors and Bob Alexander is now executive director ...