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Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Generation Life's investment bond business in Australia. Hackett joined the firm in September 2017 and has helped lift sales by more than 70% for the 2018 financial year. He reports to executive chair Rob Coombe. Hackett previously held roles at ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... what's concerning is that the Fed's actions are also beginning to impact on growth. Factset reports that US new home sales fell 5.5% to a 553,000 - the biggest decline since December 2016. On top of this August sales were revised down by 44,000 ...

Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... available on BT Panorama. Challenger also plans to distribute its annuities on HUB24. The move comes off the back of strong sales growth in annuities. In the three months to September 2018, annuity sales reached $1.17 billion, up 7% on the prior corresponding ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

Former Australian cricket captain in crypto fail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... In its investigations, problems consistently identified by ASIC included the use of misleading or deceptive statements in sales and marketing materials; operating an illegal unregistered managed investment scheme; and not holding an AFSL. Commenting ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... GDP. This compares with the 20% contribution of GDP. Consumers are the lynchpin of the economy. Their spending generates sales, profits, employment, capital investment... economic growth. And for China, the latest planned edict will go towards its efforts ...

Infrastructure manager grows local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Australian team. RARE infrastructure has hired Hamish Bell to support its distribution team with investment and technical sales expertise. In his most recent role Bell was a senior member of Clearview's research team. He will be based in Sydney. Also ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... reduced staffing requirements in part of its direct business, due in large part to a decision to move away from outbound sales channels. In confirming the redundancies, the insurer specifically named its Insuranceline business which deals in life, income ...

Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Commission has put the spotlight on the need for quality advice and its enduring appeal," MetLife Australia head of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said. "Given that as many as four in 10 consumers and SMEs have been with their adviser for more than five ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... starts dropped by 5.3% in the month of August -- and consumer credit. As well as tempering economic growth and therefore sales and profits, higher bond yields reduce equity market valuation. Higher US interest rates, as we're seeing now, also raises ...