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Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... companies reported increases in their retail funds under management with some of the better performances recorded by Macquarie (38.5%), AMP (6.3%), BT (6.2%), Commonwealth Bank/Colonial First State (5.7%), Perpetual (4.8%) and Mercer (3.8%). Plan For ...

Zurich appoints AIA claims manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... manager. Prior to that, he was a team manager at ING. The news follows Zurich's agreement with Macquarie Group to buy Macquarie Life. The Australian based staff of Macquarie Life will transfer to Zurich as part of the acquisition and Macquarie Life and ...

Zurich buys Macquarie Life

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to sell its Macquarie Life insurance business to Zurich Australia. The deal will see Zurich's in force premiums go from $370 million to roughly $610 million, effectively increasing the size of the life business ...

Macquarie makes bid for listed property portal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Macquarie has made a bid to acquire Onthehouse, a popular online real estate research portal listed on the ASX. The bid would see the banking group (via subsidiary PIQ1) and 77VSV acquire 100% of Onthehouse capital at $0.755 per share. Because two Onthehouse ...

CommInsure appoints life head from Macquarie

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
CommInsure has appointed a new head of life product and strategy. Sally Phillips will leave Macquarie Life, where she is divisional director and head of underwriting, claims and insurance proposition, to take on the role. Prior to Macquarie, she was ...

Platform flows stagnated in FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... were significantly better, with $20.6 billion in new money coming into the sector after outflows. AMP ($50.4 billion), Macquarie ($45.8 billion), BT ($43.8 billion) and NAB ($29 billion) remain the primary players. Plan for Life also noted that the wrap ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... field." Other winners included AMP for Term Life Insurance (along with TAL), OnePath for Trauma Insurance (also with TAL), Macquarie for Income Protection (with TAL again), ClearView for TPD Insurance (with Zurich) and OnePath for Packaged Life Insurance ...

TAL appoints Macquarie and AMP vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... currently head of wealth products and platforms. Before his current position at Macquarie, he was head of insurance at Macquarie Life. At TAL, Delaney will manage the company's life insurance products and customer and partner services. "Justin is a very ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... two advisers formerly with Perpetual Private and TAL, and since rebranding itself and hiring former chief executive of Macquarie Private Wealth North America Earl Evans, Shaw and Partners has recruited Macquarie veterans to bolster its new wealth management ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
ASIC has banned a life insurance adviser from former Macquarie Group subsidiary Risk Advice Specialists. Risk Advice Specialists, which described itself as "100% backed by Macquarie," was a boutique risk-focused dealer group established in 2012. It ...