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Madison appoints general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... Madison in June 2020. At the time, Madison had about 100 advisers with $3 billion in funds under advice and total in-force insurance premiums of $65 million. Johns effectively leads Madison, which was previously former chief executive Annick Donat's ...

KPMG names risk consulting partners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... auditor. de Wit was also a partner at EY in Auckland providing strategy, improvement and risk management advice to banking, insurance, wealth, utilities and government sectors. Conner joins from Promontory Financial Group where she was a director. She ...

GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... again." The appointment comes as GAM takes on a new mandate from an unnamed, "prestigious" institution to invest in insurance-linked securities. With the Australian business' assets under management now sitting at about $3 billion, the manager is ...

Licensee awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... 60-page fact finder, El Shammaa said digitising this and adding in information to the broad transcript on topics such as insurance, income protection and retirement, which can be tailored to an individual client's needs, provides a better client ...

AFCA names two lead ombudsmen

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed two lead ombudsmen for insurance and small business, hiring from ASIC and Westpac. Emma Curtis has been appointed as lead ombudsman, insurance and Suanne Russell joined as lead ombudsman ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... CONSUMER NGS Super - NGS onboarding program ANZ Financial Advice - Financial advice as unique as you Budget Direct - Insurance Solved Fidelity - 'Flourish' La Trobe Financial - Make your money work harder MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - INDUSTRY ...

Super fund risk culture "immature": APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... regulator's primary concern, she clarified, is risk culture - an entity's attitude to risk management. "As with banking and insurance, the superannuation sector also has more work to do. Building on the risk governance self-assessments of 2018/19 and ...

Superannuation consultant seeks new chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... geographical markets and industries." QMV was founded in 2008 and consults for superannuation, wealth management and insurance industries.

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC has taken Federal Court action against AMP for allegedly charging more than 2000 deceased clients insurance premiums and financial advice fees after being notified of their death. The action relates to five companies that are or were subsidiaries ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... know if they are receiving the right SG contributions. Only a minority (10%) make extra contributions. In terms of life insurance, less than half (42%) would consider insurance if they found themselves unexpectedly unable to work. The survey also reveals ...