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Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A former BT Life Insurance head of product and sales has taken on the role, following the resignation of Andrew Tobin last year. Rachel Grimes spent over 20 years at Westpac in several senior finance roles including director of mergers and acquisitions ...

Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... local regulations, including the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements and the consumer protection standards for insurance firms," Miles said. "As part of the move into the UK, we are further localising all products for the UK market, over layering ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... global investment bank and an Australian trustees business (Garradin); a superannuation fund (ePASS); a New Zealand life insurance firm (Sonata); a UK platform (Sonata) and a UK platform (microservices). Total revenue is down 19.4% year on year to $115.7 ...

Standard Life Aberdeen sells 196-year-old brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... executive Stephen Bird said the Standard Life brand has an important heritage and strong recognition in the UK as a life insurance and pensions provider, which bodes well for Phoenix Group. "This is much less the case with the business we are building ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... over from Hoa Bui, who was appointed to the post in January 2020. Gibbs is a partner at KPMG specialising in general insurance. He joined the firm in October 2000 based in London and then relocated to the Sydney office two years later. He previously ...

JANA awarded mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... JANA after a three-way tender process in January 2021 and follows growth in JANA's investment advisory offering across insurance, retail and not-for-profit space. JANA head of insurance strategy Greg Wilkinson said the firm is impressed with TUH's strong ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... Wales Central Coast. The subsidiary will acquire a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management, life insurance broking, finance broking and accounting and tax. The transaction will cost $3 million with a 40% retention payment due ...

Aon, WTW merger will reduce competition: ACCC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... constraint from the markets for commercial risk broking to large customers or those with more complex and/or high-value insurance premiums; reinsurance broking; and employee benefits broking in Australia" ACCC commissioner Stephen Ridgeway said. The ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... super fund MTAA Super, which is due to merge with Tasplan and become Spirit Super on 1 April 2021, has flagged that insurance premiums will be increasing for members. MTAA said that the insurance costs for many members will increase due to government ...

CFA unveils December exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... industry. CFA charterholders work in different areas of investment management such as private wealth, investment banking and insurance. In mid-2020, the institute surveyed its global members asking about the impact of COVID-19 on their employment. The ...