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Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... changes in their respective Group Risk business," Plan For Life said. Other insurers with relatively flat inflows were Zurich Australia up 1.8% and MLC Life who recorded a loss of 2.3%. Despite this, annual sales in the risk market increased by 28.9% ...

Stonehorn Global Partners names investor head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... partner and responsible for representing the Stonehorn Asia Equity Fund in Europe. Prior to this, Llanes worked in sales at Zurich-based private-debt manager Ruvercap and spent over two years in institutional sales at Macquarie Bank where she met the ...

Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... the global equities sector, Loftus Peak Global disruption Fund delivered 23.1% p.a. in the three years to November and Zurich Concentrated Global Growth returned 22.4% per annum. Over a one-year period, the former topped the rankings, delivering 39.4% ...

MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... the role of chief executive at startup insurer Integrity Life, as its founder (former local chief financial officer of Zurich Chris Powell) retired. The leadership change comes as MLC Life raised about $650 million at the end of 2020. The capital injection ...

Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... followed by Platinum Asset Management at $66 million. In diversified financials, IOOF was charged a bill of $92 million, Zurich Financial Services paid $59 million and MLC paid $32 million. Other institutions with significant tax bills include IC Markets ...

TAL group life lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
TAL's executive general manager of group life is set to take on a new role at Zurich in March. Darren Wickham has been appointed head of group insurance at Zurich, joining the insurer's leadership team. With about 30 years' experience as ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... LifeStage Tracker 1979-1983 (5.6% p.a.), Media Super (5.3% p.a.) and VicSuper's FutureSaver (5.3% p.a.). At the bottom was Zurich SP - Zurich Managed Growth EF (1.2% p.a.), Essential Super Personal - Lifestage 1980-84 (1.9% p.a.), FirstChoice WPS ...

Zurich launches new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Zurich Investments has launched a new fund based on the structural changes that will change the way we live over the next decade. The Global Thematic Focus Fund will consist of three to six high conviction investment themes with a portfolio of 35 to ...

Zurich to pay super on parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Employees of Zurich Australia will have access to a new Family Care Policy, including paid leave for all circumstances related to growing their families and continuation of super contributions on unpaid leave. From December 21, the Family Care Policy ...

Zurich adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Zurich Life & Investments has bolstered its leadership team, including a new chief distribution officer. Zurich will welcome three new executives; a chief distribution officer, head of customer and digital and head of strategy. Kieran Forde has been ...