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Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes chatbot technologies could have applications in the wholesale and corporate side of banking as customers demand better ways to interact. Speaking at a SIBOS session in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch treasury ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

Frontier Advisors wins industry fund contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Frontier Advisors will continue to provide asset consulting services to a $9 billion superannuation fund for a further three years. NGS Super announced it reappointed Frontier Advisors, its asset consultant since 2015. Newly appointed NGS Super chief ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Australians are not alone when it comes to leaving retirement savings on the table from a lack of financial literacy. However, Europeans arguably face a steeper learning curve. The J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2018 Income Barometer Survey, which interviewed ...

Advice is a sea of sameness

HARRISON WORLEY, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Addressing the AFA National Adviser Conference, chief executive and founder of Don Connelly & Associates, Don Connelly said financial advisers should look to differentiate themselves in a "sea of sameness." Connelly compared picking an adviser to selections ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson is stepping down from the top job and will exit in April 2019. The UK insurance, pensions, investments and asset management firm said Wilson and its board have mutually agreed that Wilson will leave the group. Aviva ...

Schroders, Lloyds mull wealth venture

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Global investment manager Schroders is in talks with Lloyds Banking Group Plc to take on the wealth management sector in the UK. A Schroders spokesperson confirmed that Schroders "is in discussions with Lloyds Banking Group plc with a view to working ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Ratings houses have taken a broadly positive view on Hamish Douglass' decision to step down as chief executive of Magellan. On October 4 Douglass essentially swapped roles with the firm's chair Brett Cairns with Cairns appointed chief executive. ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...