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Integrity Life to cease writing new retail policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... Distribution Monitor which shows the contestable new business pool has shrunk from $532 million in December 2018 to $267 million in March 2023. Despite the challenges, Integrity Life said its in-force premiums have skyrocketed from $22.2 million in March ...

Financial hardship neglect lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... (AFCA) if they want to challenge their decision. ASIC alleges Westpac breached the code between 4 September 2017 and 20 March 2022, and failed to act efficiently, honestly, and fairly when it came to responding to its customers' hardship notices. Further ...

Saxo APAC asset management lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... SaxoWealthCare in Singapore and Hong Kong and oversaw the introduction of the SaxoSelect managed portfolios in Australia in March 2023. At the time Prasad told Financial Standard that the new products offered seven managed portfolios with actively managed ...

Barings expands APAC team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... additional new hires covering the institutional, wealth and retail businesses in Australia, Greater China, and Southeast Asia. In March, Barings took on Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Partners to expand the structured finance and real estate capabilities ...

State Super partners with analytics firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
The $38 billion State Super has selected a global data and analytics firm that recently launched in Australia to provide portfolio and risk solutions. State Super senior investment manager Alan Chan said the fund chose Premialab for its ability to deliver ...

ART, AvSuper closer to merging

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... MySuper option, well below the median performance of its peers. ART signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa Super in March. It was one of many funds with less than $10 billion in AUM that was flagged by APRA to have sustainability issues in March ...

Legacy issues, business overhaul plague E&P results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... voluntary administrators to DASS in January 2022," E&P Financial said. "Mr Ryan was first appointed as a director of DASS in March 2021." E&P said it was unable to quantify the liability it would incur in defending the case against Ryan but that "amounts ...

Platinum AM chief executive steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... variable compensation expenses because of strong weighted average investment performance for the one and three years ended 31 March 2023. Platinum will pay a fully franked ordinary dividend of 7 cents per share. Platinum chair Guy Strapp said he wanted ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Woolworths, Endeavour merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... pleased to have welcomed Oracle and The Lottery Corporation this year transferring another 2500 new members," he said. In March, ART confirmed to Financial Standard that it was in the final stages of executing an SFT with Oracle Superannuation Plan ...

Platform comparison fintech launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... firm. SuitabilityHub was born shortly after and in the following year linked with platform providers for beta testing. In March 2023, the software officially launched to platform providers. Financial advisers are currently testing the technology.