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Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Combined Insurance has announced it will cease writing new Australian business on April 22. The insurer said that the decision will not impact existing policies and followed a "detailed review of the company's business operations and growth prospects." ...

Most accountants still unready for advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Most accountants still lack confidence in their ability to deliver financial advice services, according to Bstar research. The Bstar 2016 Accountants Research Report suggests that 81% of accountants are unready to provide financial advice. This is lower ...

Annuity sales growth drive up Challenger 1H16 profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Continuing growth in annuity sales has driven Challenger's 1H16 after-tax profit up 18% on 1H15 to $182 million. Challenger chief executive Brian Benari argued that a significant factor in this was annuity sales driven by interest in Comprehensive Income ...

Pinnacle appoints distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Boutique group Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed a new director of distribution. Megan Jenner joins Pinnacle from Sadrian Bowman Capital in London, where she was head of marketing and investor relations. Prior to that she worked in investor ...

Rubik appoints head of wealth from IRESS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Rubik Financial has appointed an IRESS veteran to the new role of head of product - wealth. Now reporting to Rubik group executive - product David Flynn, Emily Chen joins the financial services software provider from IRESS, where she was product manager ...

ASIC slams ex-Macquarie agri chief for fake family office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
ASIC has banned the former head of Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management (MAFM) for creating a fake family office. Timothy Hornibrook, who has been banned from practicing financial services for six years, was accused by the regulator of creating (with ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Growth in the US economy will remain stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

mFunds grow by 77%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The number of funds offered through the ASX's mFund settlement service has increased by 77% in the 12 months between December 2014 and December 2015. As revealed in the ASX's half-year 2016 results, this represents 133 funds offered by 41 fund managers ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Copia appoints state manager from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Boutique investment manager Copia Investment Partners has appointed a state manager, Northern region. Angela Vincent joins Copia from Colonial First State, where she was a strategic account manager. She has also held senior roles at Perpetual and Next ...