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Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A former BT Life Insurance head of product and sales has taken on the role, following the resignation of Andrew Tobin last year. Rachel Grimes spent over 20 years at Westpac in several senior finance roles including director of mergers and acquisitions ...

Investment Trends hires head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... Investment Trends has appointed a new head of strategy as part of its effort to expand consumer and intermediary research. Andrew Tunny joins the Sydney-based research firm having recently worked as a state manager for MLC Advice partnerships. Tunny ...

FSC appoints new board member

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed MLC Wealth acting managing director Andrew Morgan to its board. Morgan joined MLC Wealth in 2019 as chief corporate services officer before becoming acting managing director in November 2020, after ...

Platform hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... boutique platform has appointed a distribution lead in a newly created role as it ramps up its offering to financial advisers. Andrew Whelan has joined WealthO2 as chief distribution officer. Whelan came from Bravura subsidiary Midwinter where he led ...

Platinum's lead PM for Asia fund departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... joined Platinum in 2004, became the co-manager of the Asia fund in 2011 (alongside current Platinum chief investment officer Andrew Clifford ) and the sole manager of the Asia fund in 2014. With his departure, Clifford has taken over as the interim lead ...

New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... in econometrics, Higgs in economics and Richards in math. In operations, former FIIG Securities head of client services Andrew Kidd is Fortlake's chief operating office, while former Prodigy Investment Partners head of distribution Guy Ballard is ...

BOQ sells insurance business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has entered into an agreement to sell its St Andrew's Insurance business to Farmcove Investment Holdings for $23 million. The bank said the sale is consistent with its refreshed strategy announced in February this year to deliver ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... amount paid equates to about 1.2% of the fund's $4.1 billion in funds under management. legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl told Financial Standard that while the impact of the ERS scheme is at the lower end of the scale, there have been some ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... definitions. Reviewing a list of the MS definitions used by 14 life insurers in Australia, MS Australia national policy officer Andrew Giles found the vast majority to be "too specific" and not in line with current medical thinking. AIA got a positive ...

ERS sees Cbus members forfeit TPD cover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... the concept of preservation is essential to creating a long, higher balance at retirement." Deputy chair of the committee Andrew Leigh questioned how Cbus members would be affected if the legislated 12% increase to the super guarantee does not come to ...