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Moelis eyes new private credit fund, appoints lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... decade there. Prior to this, he established the corporate lending at Fortress Capital and led credit due diligence and underwriting at GE Commercial. "I am delighted to be joining a growing business that is ready to support the scale of opportunities ...

PPS Mutual bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... professionals in the Australian market and I look forward to explaining the benefits to advisers." Lowe reports to underwriting manager Gabi Varnier. He joins PPS Mutual after five years as a senior underwriter at ANZ Wealth. Prior to that, he was a ...

NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
NEOS Life has partnered with a global software firm to support its underwriting, sales and administration functions. NASDAQ-listed Ebix has deployed several functionalities for the start-up in just nine months. This includes implementing an adviser ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... 2019. The shareholders are requesting Suncorp disclose short, medium and long term targets to reduce investment and underwriting exposures to fossil fuel assets along with plans and progress to achieve the targets set. Market Forces said Suncorp's targets ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Suncorp was hit with a shareholder resolution today demanding it reduce its investment and underwriting exposures to coal, oil and gas. Market Forces lodged the resolution on behalf of 100 Suncorp shareholders. Suncorp confirmed it has received the ...

MetLife expands retail distribution team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... AIA, AMP and AXA. He joins the team with more than 30 years' experience in the industry across licensees, insurance, underwriting and product design. To be based in Brisbane, Dave Evans will also be join MetLife as strategic account manager, focusing ...

ASIC boosts AFSL application requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... insurance underwriters will need to provide the corporate regulator with a life insurance capacity statement and underwriting agency capacity statement respectively. ASIC said the change will help determine whether it has reason to believe an applicant ...

TCorp appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... client-centric solutions, he said. In his most recent role, Ling manages CBA's debt capital markets, securitization, loan underwriting, syndication businesses and private asset group. Prior to this, his roles included Westpac's head of debt and hybrid ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... cannot be the authorised representative of another AFS licensee - with the only exceptions being general insurance underwriting agents and brokers operating under a binder given by an insurer. The regulator said in circumstances where an authorisation ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Life insurers are ramping up efforts to improve pricing and underwriting efficiencies with the help of startups to make it possible, a new insurtech study shows. The second annual EY and Insurtech Australia report found almost three-in-four (72%) insurtechs ...