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FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Murray Inquiry panellist Professor Kevin Davis has proposed an alternative model for the sale of ASIC's Business Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
On a quiet afternoon in 2000, Pru Bennett was sitting with the three other partners of proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, wondering how they were going to jumpstart the business. "Gee," she remembers thinking, "We just need a few ...

Spring and DomaCom offer multi-property portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Spring Financial Group (Spring) and DomaCom have partnered to offer multi-property portfolios via DomaCom's fractional property platform. DomaCom had previously been added to Spring's approved product list in July, giving Spring advisers access to the ...

Neuberger Berman launches global equities fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Neuberger Berman has launched the Systematic Global Equity Trust for Australian investors. The trust gives investors access to an equities portfolio managed by Neuberger Berman's quantitative investment team that encompasses developed and emerging markets. ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Sustainability of premiums in group life insurance is the biggest issue facing the industry, according to research by AIA Australia. AIA surveyed 105 respondents in the insurance and superannuation industries at its Group Insurance Summit in August ...

Japanese life giant to acquire rival

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Nippon Life has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Mitsui Life. Following industry speculation in August that Nippon, Japan's second-biggest life insurer, was planning to acquire Mitsui in September, the two companies have jointly announced ...

More Macquarie advisers flock to Shaw

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Shaw and Partners (Shaw) has appointed five more Macquarie veterans just weeks after the private wealth firm hired three others from the financial services giant. Former Macquarie Private Wealth Victorian state manager Malcolm Cameron has taken on the ...

Executive appointment round-up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
This week's top industry moves include Bill McMillin returning to TWU Super as chief executive, Link Group restructuring its board ahead of a rumoured IPO and GBST's managing director retiring. TWU Super appoints chief executive for third gig - Bill ...

First State Super appoints ex-Barclays risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
First State Super (FSS) has appointed a new head of investment risk. Robert Sortwell joins FSS from Barclays Investment Bank, where he was head of risk for the fund solutions group within the Barclays Capital business. Prior to that role, he was a senior ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The insurance industry is struggling to innovate, according to KPMG global research. KPMG's report, 'A new world of opportunity: The insurance innovation imperative', is based on an April 2015 survey of 280 insurance executives across 20 countries ...