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Group risk business climbs as individual sales fall

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The latest DEXX&R research suggests in-force group business is on the rise while fewer consumers are purchasing individual products. The DEXX&R Life Analysis Report shows that sales of lump sum risk products fell in the March 2016 quarter to $271 million ...

LGIAsuper awards emerging markets mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Queensland local government employee fund LGIAsuper has announced it has awarded an emerging markets mandate. Morgan Stanley Investment Management has been appointed by the $9.5 billion super fund to deliver its Emerging Markets Leaders Strategy for ...

IFM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
IFM Investors has announced the appointment of a new director to its board. Based in Canada, Carol Gray is also a director at the American Express Bank of Canada and the Infrastructure Ontario and Land Corporation. She was previously president and general ...

Life insurance adviser group hits out at FSC priorities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Life Insurance Customer Group has criticised the Financial Service Council's statement of policy priorities, arguing customers will be "worse off" if the Life Insurance Framework goes ahead. The group, formed in 2015 to give life insurance advisers ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation has appointed an investment compliance and risk manager from AIA Australia. Adam Swanwick held the role of compliance manager at AIA from March 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior compliance manager at Financial ...

First Quadrant liquid alternative strategy added to HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
First Quadrant's Global Alternative Return Fund has been added to the HUB24 platform. The fund is a liquid alternative strategy investing in developed currency markets, aiming to deliver positive returns over full market cycles. It's available to wholesale ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
There are tough first days on the job, and then there are those where you show up to the office having been handed the most significant reform package for your industry in 20 years. That was what faced Sally Loane when she took the reins at the Financial ...

Suncorp appoints CIO from Medibank

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Suncorp has appointed a new chief information officer. Sarah Harland joins Suncorp from Medibank Private, where she was executive general manager, technology and operations. Prior to that, she was general manager, technology group functions at ANZ. ...

ClearView's majority shareholder considering sell-off

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
ClearView has announced in a trading update that it has appointed Morgan Stanley to evaluate its options following the news that a private equity firm is considering selling its 53% stake in the company. ClearView's board is aware that Crescent Capital ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's "brutally competitive" superannuation system makes it a high-risk prospect for foreign investment managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward ...