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Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... witness box, after case studies were announced for the sixth round of public hearings. TAL, CommInsure, ClearView and Freedom Insurance have been named to front the Royal Commission, alongside $51 billion industry super fund Rest and AMP, who will return ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... framework, giving investors certainty and security about their investment's governance structure, and fund managers the freedom to focus on managing the investments," Kalman said. On June 8, Equity Trustees also signed a deal to sell a parcel of ...

Freedom acquires bank insurance arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Freedom Insurance Group (FIG) announced it will acquire a bank's insurance arm for $65 million. FIG has entered into an agreement to purchase St Andrew's Insurance from the Bank of Queensland in a bid to diversify its insurance products. The specialist ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... savers, leading to both optimal and sub-optimal outcomes." "On the whole, the need to allow individuals their financial freedom, while also mitigating their often 'confused' decision-making, is something that has yet to be reconciled in the literature ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... investment tool. It's about improving financial literacy. We are passionate about empowering Australians to reach financial freedom by providing hands-on market experience and engaging with them along the way across both investing and savings." "Superannuation ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... strategy and processes of the Pengana International Equities Fund (PIEF), employing a 'benchmark-unaware' strategy with freedom to invest across all international equity markets and company sizes and focused on investing in growing businesses at reasonable ...

TelstraSuper appoints strategy lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... large portfolio of its assets in-house. The move to partially eliminate third-party management gives internal managers the freedom to make long-term investing decisions and be flexible with the timing of investment choices, and also allowed the fund ...

Commonwealth Bank recruits Suncorp executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... number of other recent departures from Suncorp. Earlier this month, executive manager of life and group Craig Orton joined Freedom Insurance Group as its new chief operating officer. Prior to that, Clime Investment Management appointed Maria Greensill ...

Former Suncorp executive joins Freedom Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
Freedom Insurance Group has appointed an insurance expert to a newly-created chief operating officer role. Craig Orton, whose experience spans life, general, reinsurance and health insurance, joins Freedom Insurance from Suncorp, where he was executive ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), an independent statutory body that monitors privacy and freedom of information. "Serious harm to an individual may include physical, psychological, emotional, financial or reputational harm." ...