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Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Combined Insurance has announced it will cease writing new Australian business on April 22. The insurer said that the decision will not impact existing policies and followed a "detailed review of the company's business operations and growth prospects." ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
The Japanese economy shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even ...

Midwinter expands with new distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Sydney-based financial planning technology provider Midwinter has appointed a new head of distribution. Helen Thom, who was initially hired as a Senior Business Development Manager back in April 2015, has been appointed internally to lead the distribution ...

ING DIRECT announces new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
ING DIRECT Australia will have a new chief executive from June as Vaughn Richtor announced his retirement from the country's sixth largest retail bank today. Richtor will also retire as chief executive of ING Retail Banking Asia. He will continue to ...

ASIC hits ex-ANZ adviser with ban

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
ASIC has banned a former ANZ bank adviser for 10 years. According to ASIC's investigation, Ben Cheung engaged in misconduct between April 2013 and March 2014, during which he was an authorised ANZ representative. ASIC alleged that Cheung forged client ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has penned a letter to Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer supporting several amendments to the superannuation trustee governance bill. ASFA has told O'Dwyer it would support the federal government ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The judging panel for the inaugural La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards has been confirmed. The awards will acknowledge the benefactors who have made substantial philanthropic donations to fund transformative outcomes in the community. It ...

Governance bill loses Senators' support

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have shown their weight in Canberra by convincing four crossbench Senators to vote down the superannuation trustee governance bill in parliament. It is reported ...