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KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... roles at AMP and Challenger. Pauline Blight-Johnston joins the consulting firm's actuarial and financial risk practice on October 8. She was most recently general manager of group strategy at Challenger, responsible for local and international growth ...

AMP Life appoints temporary investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... destroying". AMP chair David Murray defended the sale at its annual results in May saying: "Since the sale agreement in October, our financial results have reinforced that AMP is not the best owner of a life insurance business with higher capital requirements ...

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... of July 1 the group insurance offered to Tasplan members is provided by MetLife. The insurer was awarded the mandate in October 2018 and has worked with Tasplan since on integrating technology platforms. MetLife chief customer and marketing officer Chesne ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... well as financial impacts to our portfolio." The three managers are the first to emerge from a manager pool initiated in October 2016, which diversifies the $6 billion Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies portfolio, the pension fund said. ...

OnePath awards $210m in mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... business to IOOF but the deal has faced roadblocks with a May update saying if any conditions of the transfer are not met by October 17, either ANZ and IOOF can call off the sale. ANZ also sold the OnePath life insurance business to Zurich which completed ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... statement was later echoed by ECB governing council member Olli Rehn - touted as the next ECB head when Draghi steps down in October - ""We in the Governing Council are ready to act as appropriate unless there is improvement in the economic conditions... ...

AMP loses mandate to AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... the CWU recently wrote on its website. Australia Post closed APSS to new members in 2013. AMP commented: "As reported in October last year, Australia Post decided to review their superannuation arrangements and have informed us they will move to another ...

ASIC approves AFCA rules change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... said. "Where firms are unable to satisfactorily resolve the complaints, AFCA will start investigating these matters from 1 October 2019."

Chief economist update: Another RBA rate cut should be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... below US$0.50. It cushioned the economy during the GFC when it dropped from US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 to US$0.6036 on 27 October 2008 when the global financial system was in chaos. So much so, I'm beginning to feel the love starting to emanate from ...

Former Futuro adviser charged with theft

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... Smith appeared in the Adelaide Magistrate's Court charged with 27 dishonesty offences last week. ASIC alleges that between October and July 2016 Smith transferred $179,600 from the deceased estate of a client to one of his own accounts. The property ...